Published May 8, 2021, 5:20 PM
CEBU CITY – Two doctors from a private hospital here will face trial for the death of Barili, Cebu Mayor Marlon Garcia last year.
The Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor found probable cause to indict Dr. Elfleda A. Hernandez, an infectious disease specialist, and Dr. Yvonne Bettina E. Montejo, a pulmonologist, for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.
Mayor Garcia’s wife Jima filed the charges against the two doctors who who attended to the late local chief executive at the Chong Hua Hospital (CHH).
The brother of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia was admitted to CHH last Aug. 5 where he was later found to be COVID-19 positive.