Vice President and Schooling Secretary Sara Duterte visits the wake of Francis Jay Gumikib, the Grade 5 pupil who died 11 days after his instructor allegedly slapped him, in Antipolo Metropolis on Friday, October 6, 2023. Photograph courtesy of Rizal Police Provincial Workplace
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Nationwide Police (PNP) stated it’s focusing on to launch this week the medico-legal examination outcomes on a Grade 5 pupil who died days after his instructor slapped him in class in Antipolo.
In line with PNP Forensic Group Medico-Authorized Division chief Hector Sorra, 14-year-old Francis Jay Gumikib’s physique has began to bear histopathology and post-mortem, including that they’ve already begun reviewing the coed’s CT scan plates.
Sorra defined that post-mortem and histopathology often take about seven and 30 working days, respectively, however assured that his division is already expediting the method.
“We are attempting our greatest na expedite hopefully baka inside the week makapagbigay kami pero di aabot ng 30 days,” the official instructed reporters in a press briefing on Monday.
(We are attempting our greatest to expedite the method and launch it inside the week. However undoubtedly, it is not going to final for 30 days.)
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Sorra stated histopathology determines different underlying causes of 1’s demise – a check used to again an post-mortem report.
The official likewise revealed that they detected a pulmonary tuberculosis in Gumikib’s lungs; nevertheless, he defined that the an infection alone couldn’t trigger bleeding within the pupil’s head.
READ: fifth grader dies 11 days allegedly after instructor’s slap in Antipolo Metropolis
Gumikib died 11 days after his instructor pulled his hair and slapped him final September 20 at Peñafrancia Elementary College in Antipolo Metropolis.
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Earlier, Antipolo police chief Lt. Col. Ryan Manongdo stated a criticism for murder, regarding Republic Act 7610 or the Particular Safety of Youngsters Towards Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act, could be filed in opposition to the sufferer’s instructor if post-mortem outcomes confirmed that the maltreatment precipitated his demise.
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