Guevarra orders prosecutors to resolve this month 1st batch of Dengvaxia raps
Published Feb 7, 2019 02:14 pm
By Jeffrey Damicog
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has asked state prosecutors to resolve within the month the first batch of complaints concerning the children who died after getting shots of the Dengvaxia anti-dengue vaccine.
Guevarra made the call after expecting that the resolution of the first batch of complaints to have already come out last January.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN)
“I have directed the Dengvaxia investigating panels to resolve the cases this month,” he told reporters Thursday.
A DOJ panel of prosecutors chaired by Assistant State Prosecutor Maria Emilia Victorio wrapped up its preliminary investigation over the first batch of complaints and submitted it for resolution last October 30, 2018.
The panel conducted the preliminary investigation over the criminal complaints filed separately by the families of the nine dead children who got shots of the vaccine.
The nine dead children are Aejay Bautista, Anjielica Pestillos, Lenard Baldonado, Zandro Colite, Abbie Hedia, Jansyn Art Bataa, Mark Axel Ebonia, Reijazztine Justin Alimagno, and Alexander Jaime.
In the complaints, the families who are represented by the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) accused the respondents of reckless imprudence resulting to homicide under Article 365 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC); for torture resulting to the death of a person and the torture of a child under Republic Act 9745, also known as the Act Penalizing Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment; obstruction of justice under Section 1(b) of Presidential Decree 1829; and violation of Section 3 of Republic Act 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
The respondents include former Health Secretary Janette Garin; Department of Health (DOH) officials Vicente Belizario Jr., Kenneth Hartigan-Go, Gerardo Bayugo, Lyndon Lee Suy, Irma Asuncion, Julius Lecciones, Joyce Ducusin, and Rosalind Vianzon; Maria Lourdes Santiago and Melody Zamudio of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and Socorro Lupisan and Maria Rosario Capending of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).
Executives of Dengavaxia manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur Inc. and distributor Zuellig Pharma Corporation were also included as respondents.
The corporate directors and officers of Sanofi named in the complaint are Carlito Realuyo, Sanislas Camart, Jean Louis Grunwald, Jean-Francois Vacherand, Conchita Santos, Jazel Anne Calvo, Pearl Grace Cabali, and Marie Esther De Antoni.
While, those from Zuellig are Kasigod Jamias, Michael Becker, Ricardo Romulo, Imran Babar Chugtai, Raymund Azurin, Nilo Badiola, John Stokes Davison, Marc Franck, Ashley Gerard Antonio, Ana Liza Peralta, Rosa Maria Chua, Danilo Cahoy, Manuel Concio III, Roland Goco, and Ma. Visitacion Barreiro.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN)
“I have directed the Dengvaxia investigating panels to resolve the cases this month,” he told reporters Thursday.
A DOJ panel of prosecutors chaired by Assistant State Prosecutor Maria Emilia Victorio wrapped up its preliminary investigation over the first batch of complaints and submitted it for resolution last October 30, 2018.
The panel conducted the preliminary investigation over the criminal complaints filed separately by the families of the nine dead children who got shots of the vaccine.
The nine dead children are Aejay Bautista, Anjielica Pestillos, Lenard Baldonado, Zandro Colite, Abbie Hedia, Jansyn Art Bataa, Mark Axel Ebonia, Reijazztine Justin Alimagno, and Alexander Jaime.
In the complaints, the families who are represented by the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) accused the respondents of reckless imprudence resulting to homicide under Article 365 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC); for torture resulting to the death of a person and the torture of a child under Republic Act 9745, also known as the Act Penalizing Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment; obstruction of justice under Section 1(b) of Presidential Decree 1829; and violation of Section 3 of Republic Act 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
The respondents include former Health Secretary Janette Garin; Department of Health (DOH) officials Vicente Belizario Jr., Kenneth Hartigan-Go, Gerardo Bayugo, Lyndon Lee Suy, Irma Asuncion, Julius Lecciones, Joyce Ducusin, and Rosalind Vianzon; Maria Lourdes Santiago and Melody Zamudio of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and Socorro Lupisan and Maria Rosario Capending of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).
Executives of Dengavaxia manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur Inc. and distributor Zuellig Pharma Corporation were also included as respondents.
The corporate directors and officers of Sanofi named in the complaint are Carlito Realuyo, Sanislas Camart, Jean Louis Grunwald, Jean-Francois Vacherand, Conchita Santos, Jazel Anne Calvo, Pearl Grace Cabali, and Marie Esther De Antoni.
While, those from Zuellig are Kasigod Jamias, Michael Becker, Ricardo Romulo, Imran Babar Chugtai, Raymund Azurin, Nilo Badiola, John Stokes Davison, Marc Franck, Ashley Gerard Antonio, Ana Liza Peralta, Rosa Maria Chua, Danilo Cahoy, Manuel Concio III, Roland Goco, and Ma. Visitacion Barreiro.