00:00The land of Maramag Bukidnon in Mindanao is rich in mangroves.
00:08One of the proofs of this is the abundance of mangrove trees.
00:15The fruits of the mangroves are planted, harvested, and harvested in the mornings.
00:21Heaven is falling for the people of Mindanao.
00:24But not for this woman who is fighting for her life in the hospital.
00:29I am in pain. I have a headache.
00:34After an accident, a mangrove tree fell or fell down.
00:39It happened so fast. It fell straight down.
00:42That's why we panicked.
00:44I was in a panic. I couldn't sleep at night.
00:48I was in shock. I thought I was going to die.
00:51Are there people who plant mangrove trees in your provinces?
00:55I hope this will be of use.
00:56This happened by chance.
01:00The jackfruit is the largest fruit in the whole world.
01:07But be careful, it can fall.
01:12This morning of January 3, Lily and Ruth washed the well behind their house.
01:18I just let it go back to the well to check if the washing is done.
01:23When I let it go back, it fell straight down.
01:29Ruth suddenly fell down.
01:32Five meters from the well, she fell on her head by the fruit of the jackfruit.
01:38When I turned around, she was lying down like that.
01:40Her hand was like this, straight.
01:42Then her eyes were open.
01:43I was in a panic.
01:45I was in a panic.
01:47That's why I brought her to the hospital.
01:50They put Ruth on the tricycle of their neighbor, Henaro.
01:54He also owns the land where the jackfruit trees are grown.
01:58I brought the jackfruit for her.
02:01It was the first time she was hit by a jackfruit tree.
02:04The oxygen is low.
02:06She was hit by a jackfruit tree.
02:10Ruth was hit by a jackfruit tree on her stomach.
02:13That's why she was injured in the spinal cord.
02:17It was critical that the patient came here.
02:21Her brain was damaged.
02:23The patient needed to be intubated.
02:25She was really hit by a respiratory failure.
02:28But since there was no specialist in the hospital,
02:31it was recommended that she be transferred to a bigger hospital in Cagayan de Oro City,
02:36which is almost four hours away.
02:38I felt like I was hit by a jackfruit tree.
02:40The jackfruit tree that fell on Ruth is still here at the scene of the accident.
02:45This fell on my wife's head.
02:48But they were able to save her.
02:50It was because of their faith in God.
02:52It was a curse.
02:54The fruit of the jackfruit tree,
02:56which weighs 4 kilos,
02:58fell from a very high place.
03:00On a 24-feet-high tree,
03:02or equivalent to a house,
03:04there are two floors.
03:06On the other side,
03:08there's a hole.
03:10On the other side, it's hard.
03:12That's what hit her.
03:14She fell here.
03:16I was hit by a jackfruit tree.
03:18It hit my head.
03:20I couldn't move.
03:22If an object is placed in a higher place,
03:24it can cause a higher final velocity.
03:26If it falls,
03:28it can have a stronger impact.
03:30Henaro,
03:32who owns the land where the jackfruit tree is planted,
03:34plans to cut the branches of the jackfruit tree.
03:36It's more dangerous
03:38if there's a storm
03:40or strong wind.
03:42He's planning to cut the branches of the jackfruit tree.
03:44It's more dangerous
03:46if there's a storm
03:48or strong wind.
03:50I don't have a vacancy.
03:52I don't have a job.
03:54Henaro is afraid
03:56that he will be blamed for what happened.
03:58I planned to cut the branches of the jackfruit tree.
04:00But I couldn't.
04:02I don't have money.
04:04If it can be proven
04:06that there's negligence on his part,
04:08he can pay damages
04:10because we have a concept
04:12Article 2176 of the Civil Code.
04:14But Ruth's family
04:16doesn't plan to file a complaint
04:18against Henaro.
04:20We won't blame them
04:22because they won't like
04:24what happened to my mother.
04:26It's all an accident.
04:28I'm thankful to God
04:30that they didn't
04:32get hurt
04:34because of me.
04:36For the sake of the family
04:38and so that the accident won't happen again,
04:42this Friday,
04:44the jackfruit tree was cut
04:46by the officials of the
04:48Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office
04:50of Maramag in Bukidnon.
04:54The ideal spacing
04:56for planting jackfruit
04:58is at least 10 meters.
05:02Meanwhile,
05:04after a 4-hour trip from Bukidnon,
05:06Ruth was finally brought
05:08to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center
05:10in Cagayan de Oro.
05:12She arrived almost
05:14more than 24 hours from the injury.
05:16So this kind of injury
05:18should be easily diagnosed.
05:20Now, the patient is
05:22stable medically
05:24but her neurologic is
05:26zero, meaning paralyzed.
05:28Based on her CT scan,
05:30there are dislocated bones
05:32in her spine.
05:34This is her belly
05:36plus dislocation.
05:38This is the normal
05:40CT scan.
05:42The space of the spinal cord is large.
05:44For the patient,
05:46it's narrow.
05:48Ruth can't speak
05:50and her body
05:52can't move.
06:02It's painful
06:04because
06:07my mind hurts.
06:09It really hurts.
06:11The doctors told me
06:13to just pray.
06:15The procedure is
06:17posterior decompression spinal stabilization.
06:19Our goal is to stabilize
06:21the spine.
06:23The chance for her to walk
06:25is slim.
06:27The cost of her operation
06:29is possible to reach
06:31half a million pesos.
06:3310,000 pesos for the family.
06:35We can help them
06:37to reduce their bills.
06:39I prayed that someone would help us
06:41with the expenses.
06:43We don't have enough food.
06:45We really don't have anything, ma'am.
06:47If you want to donate,
06:49I am asking
06:51you to go
06:53and donate.
06:55Just donate.
07:05Sometimes I miss him.
07:07Sometimes I just hallucinate
07:09and I just cry.
07:11If only time could go back, ma'am.
07:15Why did my mother
07:17have to go through all that?
07:19Where do you feel
07:21the most pain right now?
07:23Up there.
07:25I have to breathe.
07:35I am a citizen,
07:37I don't have a family.
07:39I can only pray
07:41to God
07:43to take care of us
07:45and our family.
07:51The abundance of mango fruits
07:53This miracle crop is also being prayed for by Ruth's family,
07:58hoping that they will have a miracle.
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