After undergoing chemotherapy for a year, Jharrel Jay Malonzo thought he had beaten acute lymphoblastic leukemia (AML). The 4-year-old boy’s doctors, however, had some bad news for him recently: His cancer had recurred. “We’re back to square one. Due to the relapse, we’re going to have to start treatment again,” his father, Jave, told the […]
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When Sean Quitara was born 10 years ago, doctors failed to detect an abnormally high level of bilirubin in his blood. As a result, he suffers from many ailments, including quadriplegic cerebral palsy and congenital cataract. His delayed physical development has also left him unable to walk and talk.
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AS THEIR only child, his parents had pinned their hopes for a better life on Sherwin Salinas. That was until he was diagnosed to be suffering from end stage chronic kidney disease.
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WITH the constant traveling taking its toll on her daughter’s health, Rackel Jean Publico decided that she and 13-year-old Kylene Joy Sotero should just stay with a relative in Metro Manila. Kylene has been undergoing blood transfusions since she was diagnosed in 2004 with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. She needs to go to the hospital twice […]
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Being a teenager has not been easy for Dimple Esmerio. She was only 12 years old when she was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer. Now aged 14, Dimple has taken to wearing a mask whenever she goes out in public as the cancer has eaten away most of her […]
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Had Cecelio Amamio stayed longer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as a driver, he could have earned enough money to shoulder the dialysis sessions of his wife, Dolores Amamio, who has been diagnosed with end stage renal disease. Cecelio, however, said he could not stand to be away from his ailing wife with whom he has […]
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After undergoing a 16-session chemotherapy cycle, doctors have recommended two successive MRI tests for Vincent Gabriel Piedad who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in July 2013. “Regardless of what will be the result of the first MRI test, he has to undergo another one after three months for continuous monitoring, rehabilitation and recovery,” Vincent’s […]
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Being afflicted with beta-thalassemia, a blood disorder in which the body has a problem producing hemoglobin, has not prevented Jhezrille Cabasi from doing well in school. The 7-year-old girl is a Grade 1 student of Villa Verde Elementary School at Sta. Monica in Novaliches, Quezon City. “She has absences but I was happy to hear […]
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Zamboanga del Sur Gov. Antonio Cerilles described President Duterte's speech during the meeting with the governors, on Thursday, as more of an appeal than a threat about the ongoing war on drugs. “At least may pagbabago. In previous speeches, nananakot siya. (At least, there was change. In previous speeches, he was threatening.) This time, his speech was more of an appeal for support,” Cerilles told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone.
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President Duterte was “pleading” when he faced over 70 governors on Thursday, to discuss the government's difficulty in crushing drug trafficking in the country, said Davao del Norte Gov. Anthony del Rosario. The governor added that Duterte remained angry at former police general and Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot for his alleged coddling of drug traffickers in and out of the police service.
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Ricamae Presentacion needs to undergo an operation for her congenital heart disease.
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King JV de Belen has acute lymphocytic leukemia but he has stopped undergoing chemotherapy.
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Leukemia patient Blessie Cena’s excitement over her doctors’ pronouncement last year that she could finally enroll in the first grade this school year turned into sadness when they spotted new cancer cells in her body.
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Antoña Reyes of Caloocan City has a big chance of controlling her epilepsy attacks, thanks to early diagnosis.
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Nine-year-old Christian Dominique Alba was diagnosed two years ago with a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (the nerve sheath is the soft tissue that covers the nerve).
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Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle and other Church officials urged the Catholic faithful on Thursday to help the victims of Typhoon Glenda in Luzon and some parts of the Visayas.
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It must be the songs that Rommel Montoya sings that have helped him in his fight against non-Hodgkins’ lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph tissue found in the lymph nodes, spleen and other organs of the immune system.
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High school teacher Ester Artates is taking a break from teaching to appeal for help for her husband, Ely, who has been diagnosed to be suffering from end-stage kidney disease.
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When he was diagnosed with kidney disease seven years ago and in need of money for his dialysis sessions, Harvey Ramos sold off his possessions, which included a house and a piece of land.
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One-year-old Aloysius John Borja was originally set to be operated on in Taiwan but due to a change in plans, he will be the first baby to undergo surgery, a liver transplant, at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City anytime this month.
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Eleven-year-old Erielle Cerbito can now look forward to the future after a four-year battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Even while he was battling leukemia, Renerio Cabornay Jr. also had to cope with being bullied by his classmates for several years.
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Though only 2 years old, Clarence Sabenorio is already on maintenance medication. Ever since he was diagnosed with congenital heart disease at 3 months of age, he has been taking Digoxin, Furosemide and Aldactone for the hole in his heart.
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When he was diagnosed with acute leukemia last month, 40-year-old Christopher Bataller had to sell his means of livelihood, a secondhand tricycle, so that he would have money for treatment.
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In their letter sent to the Inquirer, the parents of baby Arianne Aquino said that they might not be able to raise the P4 million needed for her to undergo a liver transplant in a hospital in Taiwan.
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Rosalinda Rosales, mother of 12-year-old Dana Angela who suffers from acute lymphocytic leukemia, does not know how to break the bad news to her daughter.
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Born in March last year, Luke Andrew Cardoza was diagnosed with congenital heart disease when he was only three months old. Doctors then found “two holes, one much bigger than the other, on the left ventricle of his heart,” according to his aunt Claire Salaño.
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After three sleepless nights due to severe pain in her gallbladder, Dolores Villanueva suffered septic shock, a life-threatening condition that occurs when one’s blood pressure drops to dangerously low levels.
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Peter John Laconsay’s congenital heart disease was discovered two years ago when he was already 15 years old.
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With only two dogs to keep her company in a house left to her by her friend in San Pedro, Laguna, 64-year-old Gloria Mendoza may appear to some people to be lonely.
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Life has not been easy for Maurillo Cayabyab. Since his retirement, he has been diagnosed with many ailments, practically leaving him and his wife broke.
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Four-year-old Jhed Angelo Bonita cannot eat green leafy vegetables because any food rich in iron is not allowed for anyone suffering from beta thalassemia.
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Before Agnes Canonigo was diagnosed with a defective kidney in 2009 and advised to undergo surgery for its removal, she had been suffering from frequent urinary tract infections.
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The first time Cyl Robert Arcilla experienced bleeding uncontrollably from the mouth was when he bumped his head hard as a one-year-old baby. Now 13 years old, Cyl has been diagnosed by doctors as suffering from severe hemophilia, according to his mother, Amor Arcilla, a music and arts teacher at the Panganiban National High School […]
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MANILA, Philippines–Seven-year-old Kenneth America had his pancreas removed in April 2013 after it swelled and weighed as much as three kilos due to his condition. Kenneth suffers from beta thalassemia, a blood disorder which results in decreased production of hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to cells. Over time, patients […]
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MANILA, Philippines–Despite a stable job that provides her with a steady source of income, Maricel Amerna—a bank employee and mother of two-year-old Azel Miguel Amerna who suffers from biliary atresia—knows that she and her husband will not be able to provide their son with the health care he needs on their own. “It is one […]
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MANILA, Philippines–After she was first diagnosed with cerebral and intractable epilepsy at six months old, Eunice Amarille—now aged seven—has gotten worse, according to her mother. Annabel Mercado told the Inquirer that her daughter is unable to stand up or even walk by herself as she suffers from delayed mental and physical development. “She cries though […]
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MANILA, Philippines–The social welfare department of San Lazaro Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila, is looking for relatives of Enrico Villabona Almirañez who was admitted to the hospital on March 24 for pulmonary tuberculosis. After recovering from his ailment, the 61-year-old Almirañez has been cleared for discharge by doctors at the hospital. But because he does […]
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Despite persistent aches and pains all over her body, 65-year-old Erlinda Cortez never sought treatment until she discovered swollen lymph nodes in her armpit in 2013. It later turned out to be invasive ductal carcinoma, or breast cancer. “She is scheduled for surgery today at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center to remove her left breast,” […]
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When four-year-old Maria Bianca Francesca Flores’ mother stopped coming home to attend to her, the girl’s grandmother took over without hesitation. “How can I not take care of her when she is my first ‘apo’? I love her and I have come to accept her condition. I am looking for ways to make sure that […]
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