GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite — The parents of a 4-year-old boy who died after being sedated for a CT scan at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila are seeking justice, saying he never woke up.
Claude Lenuxe Seasol, of General Trias, died after the procedure on Sept. 28, according to his parents, Cris and Cresencia Seasol.
The couple said they brought their son to the hospital for the scan. An attending physician injected him with a sedative, and gave him more after noticing his hand move, they said.
Cresencia Seasol said the doctor told them the dosage was within the allowable limit and there was nothing to worry about.
The scan ended after about 10 minutes, and the parents were called in to wake the boy. He did not respond to their calls or to being shaken, they said. They noticed his fingernails had turned black.
Doctors tried to revive him and ordered a second CT scan, but he remained unresponsive, the parents said. He was declared dead about seven hours later.
His death certificate lists pulmonary edema as the immediate cause, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy as the antecedent cause and adverse drug event, probably related to sedation, as the underlying cause.
The parents believe the sedative caused their son’s death. They also questioned the oxygen tank hose used on him, saying it appeared to be made of pieces joined together.
The family said they believe negligence was involved, as the boy was active and cheerful before he was sedated.
The boy had autism, and his parents had taken him to the hospital for two years in hopes he would learn to walk and speak. They said the check-ups were routine and he had no serious illness.
PGH Director Gerardo Legaspi declined to give a statement but visited the family’s home. He said he went as a private individual, not as a representative of the hospital, to explain what happened.
The family is consulting a lawyer to file charges against the doctors who may have been negligent.
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