Question

what is your reaction about the story Rosario ( filipino case study)?​

Answer 1

Answer:

In medical school, one of our first activities was an analysis of a case study called “Ang Kuwento ni Rosario,” which is used by health groups and educators in teaching the social determinants of health. It was a short narrative about a poor family, led by a father making P165 a day, and his wife Lucy. All four children were malnourished and had intestinal worms. Lucy, told by her doctor that she should not breastfeed, had been feeding her youngest with woefully diluted formula milk. Two children were not vaccinated.

One day, Rosario, the youngest, came down with measles. The rest of the story is about Rosario’s parents’ journey in seeking health care only to be met by difficulties and hard decisions—lack of available medications in the barangay health center, expensive medicine, and later the shattering expense of a hospital stay for Rosario, which caused her parents to bring her home against medical advice. She died at home.