Badong is the hubby of Celia, our househelp. He's the typical good-for-nothing feeling macho kinda Badong. Used to work for my husband as a construction worker until we found out na sumasideline siya sa kliyente ni Oca. And, that he sold one of Oca's equipment sa junkshop. Walang hiya talaga! That's why he got booted out and was forced to go back to Bicol.
While in Bicol, Badong never really bothered to earn a living. Nabubuhay siya sa mga padala nina Celia at ng mga anak n'ya. Yung pambili n'ya ng gamot sa high blood, pinangsusugal n'ya, pinambibili ng yosi at alak.
Anyway, this Badong suffered a stroke. Pero hindi siya namatay (awww). In fact, nagpa-confine pa siya sa isang private hospital doon. Ngeh!
Now, poor Celia has to raise the money pambayad sa ospital. I don't want to ask how much yung total (baka mautangan uli ako). But I know malaki-laki na rin ang bill. At pataas siya nang pataas every day of his continued confinement.
Celia has Philhealth naman. Pero because of miscommunication, hindi niya nasubmit lahat ng requirements agad-agad. And even if naayos agad ang papeles n'ya, Philhealth won't foot naman the entire bill. Problema pa rin.
I checked the Hospital Detention Bill of Senator Pia Cayetano. Pwede namang ilabas ang pasyente sa hospital as long as you submit a promissory note signed by a guarantor or backed by a mortgage. Problema -- wala silang mahanap na guarantor at wala rin naman silang mamo-mortgage.
Heard Celia say (under her breath): Sana namatay na lang siya.
How sad. But the way things are going, sana nga.
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