Unhealed Bone Fractures Cause Double Pain To Young Woman

Feb. 27,2010
Unhealed Bone Fractures Cause Double Pain To Young Woman
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.

Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A young woman who was a victim of near-collision accident at the curved-crossing road in brgy.Malangsa near St.Peter Funeral Homes in Bontoc town, has suffered from double pain when her “cemented” fractured left leg did not get healed after almost two months time.
The victim was identified as Analyn Dilalamon Painagan, 18 years old, a dropout third year student of San Ramon High School. She was a resident of brgy. Esperanza, about three kilometers away from Bontoc.
She said she was brought to Sogod District Hospital where her x-ray result showed her left leg below the knee had two fractured bones. Because her parents have no money, she said, they allowed a doctor who is not an orthopedic surgeon to fix her injury.
However, when her injured left leg wrapped in cast was x-rayed after almost two months, she said, the fractured bones did not “re-connect” to its main base. With the findings she was brought by her parents to the provincial hospital here where she was again examined by Dr. Jaime Carbonilla, an Orthopedic Surgeon.
During an interview at the Salvacion Oppus Yñiguez Memorial Provincial Hospital (SOYMPH) she was on her scheduled check up to see if her “:re-cemented” fractured left leg has shown some improvement.”Nadubli na hinoon ang kasakit sa akong wala nga tiil”, she said in Cebuano,”sa dihang guibira pag-usab pinaagi sa pagbutang ug bug-at nga bato nga guitonton aron inanayng ang bali nga duha ka bukog matarong ayha pa gui-seminto pag-usab”.(The pain that I’ve felt have doubled when my fractured left leg was gradually pulled down again by means of a rope attached to a huge weight for the purpose of realignment before it was “re-cemented”.).
The driver of the motorcycle was identified as Marvin D. Painagan, 19 years old, jobless. He was a resident of the same aforesaid barangay.The victim said her driver-brother was already drunk when he drove the motorcycle in going home to brgy. Esperanza.
Another backrider was identified as Gil Tirante Sulla, 25 years old, jobless, a relative of the victim who was also a resident of brgy.Esperanza.
Analyn narrated that the three of them were having some enjoyment with friends at Dorias Beach Resort and left the place at about 4:00p.m. Her brother she disclosed was driving without license and was under the influence of liquor.
When the motorcycle they were riding reached the curved-crossing road in brgy.Malangsa,she said, a speeding motorcab with 2 passengers suddenly emerged. It was going towards the proper town and almost sideswiped the three of them, she said.
Nevertheless, it was only she that was hit with the motorcab’s front steel, she said, while her brother and a relative have only slight bruises.
She divulged that because of the motorcab’s high speed in maneuvering along the curved road, it turned turtle after hitting her. The two passengers were injured, but were not in critical condition, she said.
She further confided that the unidentified suspect motorcab driver was unhurt. Nonetheless, he did not provide her with financial assistance because the suspect had learned that her brother was driving without license.
Moreover, she said that on her case Dr.Carbonilla had informed her earlier that stainless steel as supportive base for the reconnection of fractured bones is not necessary anymore.
She added to say that if x-ray result would show that the fractured bones were already reconnected, thus healed, the cast would be removed. Then she would be using crutches to help lessen the impact of heaviness of her legs when walking.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)