NBI examines body of student who died after school deworming

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has conducted an autopsy on the body of the Grade 4 student who died after a routine deworming in their school in Cavite.

In an interview with reporters on Wednesday, NBI Director Melvin Matibag said the doctor who performed the autopsy told him that the findings would take two weeks to be completed.

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“I don’t want to make any pronouncement as we speak now, so the only detail that was given to me is that they already performed the toxicology and autopsy,” Matibag said when asked about the completion of the autopsy report.

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He added that the deworming drug has been the standard and widely used by the Department of Education (Deped).

Meanwhile, the NBI director noted that the school of the student will also serve as a subject of investigation.

On Monday, the student’s the parents, Leo and Ruthchie Mission, went to the NBI Homicide Division to seek assistance to determine the cause of the death of their child.

READ: Father of student who died after school deworming wants son’s autopsy

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The DepEd’s initial findings said that the student died due to an infection that led to septic shock – an extreme immune response wherein a person experiences dangerously low blood pressure and widespread organ failure.

—Geneson Satsatin, INQUIRER.net trainee

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