She’s being called a hero by many, including government officials.
But medical intern Charlie Jandic, 27, who was at the MRT when a woman’s arm was sliced off by the train yesterday said she was just doing “what she was supposed to do” given her medical training.
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She was there when Angeline Fernando, 24, from Pasay City, alighted from the train and suddenly “felt dizzy” then fell into the tracks.
The incident happened at around 2:30pm Tuesday, according to GMA News.
Transportation Undersecretary Cesar Chavez told reporters the woman’s right arm got caught in the train’s “coupler,” or the link between the first and second cars.
According to a story by local news website InterAksyon, Jandic, who is originally from Cotabato in Mindanao, had already gotten off the train but was lingering around a bit longer to get familiar with the area when she heard a loud bang.
“Honestly, I thought she was gone,” she told InterAksyon. When the guards pulled Fernando onto the platform, Jandic immediately jumped in to help.
“I looked for something to use as a tourniquet so the bleeding would stop. That was the risk given her condition yesterday. Someone handed me a cardigan, and there was a police officer who gave me a belt,” she shared.
If Jandic had not instructed the guard to get the arm, Fernando would be without it today. Jandic said that the guards wanted to “document” first, but she told them to get the arm because it was “still in good condition.”
Jandic joined Fernando in the ambulance and communicated what happened to the doctors at Makati Medical Center, where they performed a six-hour surgery to re-attach her arm.
According to news website Rappler, a congressman is filing a bill named after Jandic, seeking to create a national emergency services system.
The bill is titled Dr. Charlie Jandic Emergency Medical Services System Act of 2017, and will be tackled later this year with the House of Representatives’ committee on health.
