Farmer Falls From A Binonga Tree
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A farmer who was gathering firewood on his way to another barangay,in the municipality of Malitbog,about 2 hours drive by passenger bus from this city, has fallen down upon a binonga tree when he cut its dead branch.
The victim was identified as Alex Dagatan Junio,34 years old, married, and has five children. He was a resident of sitio Kapayas in the hinterland barangay of Aurora, which is three kilometers away from brgy. San Vicente, Malitbog, located along the national highway.
In an interview at the Salvacion Oppus- Yñiguez Memorial Provincial Hospital (SOYMPH), he said that he was on his way to San Vicente for some personal purpose.
Upon reaching within the vicinity of brgy San Vicente, he saw a big tree called Binonga and found some dead branches that were good for firewood.
“I climbed up the tree and cut off one of its dead branches”, he said. “However, it did not fall down right away, since a clinging vine held onto one of its large twigs”.
He said he cut off the vine and a twig sprung up, almost hitting him on the head. He dodged to parry from its lash by turning around on the other side of the tree’s trunk.
Nevertheless, he happened to step on a weak branch that gave way, he said, and he fell on the tree about five meters from the stony ground below.
He said his chest hit upon a huge stone with so severe a pain that he could hardly breathe. And his two accompanying children were crying.”Suerte lang kay wala ako matunong sa talinis nga mga batong bantilis nga anaa tungod sa binongang kahoy”, he said in Cebuano.(I’m still lucky that I was not hit upon a hard sharp stones that were on the ground right below the binonga tree.)
Several minutes later when he was able to breath, he said, he and his children shouted for help.
Some folks in the nearby area have responded to his emergency call and he was rushed to the highway.
They then contacted the municipal ambulance which whisked him to the provincial hospital here.
He was accompanied by his elder brother.
X-ray results showed that the victim’s leftside rib on his chest was forcibly pressed down by the impact of his fall hitting the large stone. However, he has no other bone injury on other parts of his body.
A tube was inserted on his left side to drain out the dead blood accumulating inside. During the time of the interview, already more than a liter of it was flashed out.
He said that his resident attending physician- surgeon Dr.Jude Aspirin has scheduled him for an operation to completely take out the remaining dead blood, which has contributed to his chest’s pain and hard breathing rhythm.
As of presstime the victim was already discharged from confinement.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
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