Nasasabik ang Filipino staff ng isang ospital sa Cebu City sa posibilidad na makita nila nang personal ang Duchess of Sussex na si Meghan Markle, kung sakaling dalawin nito ang kanyang amang si Thomas Markle Sr., 81, na nakaratay sa nabanggit na pagamutan.
Pero sa ulat ng British newspaper na Mail on Sunday ng Daily Mail, hindi umano nakipag-ugnayan si Meghan o ang mga kinatawan nito sa mga tauhan ng ospital, taliwas sa unang lumabas na balita.
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Bahagi ng nakasaad sa ulat: “With Mr. Markle's permission, this newspaper independently confirmed with the hospital that neither their administration office, reception, intensive care unit nor the nurses and doctors attending to Mr. Markle had heard from Meghan or her representatives, to the best of their knowledge.
“A hospital source told the MoS (Mail on Sunday): 'Mr. Markle is a VIP patient. Of course we all know who he is.
"If Meghan or anyone connected with her had called here we would have known. It is a big hospital by Filipino standards but we all know each other and we all talk.
“'We were all confused when we saw the story that the duchess had reached out to her dad. As far as we are aware, it didn't happen.
"We would love to see the duchess here in the Philippines!'”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS MARKLE SR.
May exclusive interview ang Mail on Sunday kay Thomas Sr. dahil dinalaw ito sa isang ospital sa Cebu City ng kanyang kaibigang si Caroline Graham, ang U.S. editor ng Mail on Sunday.
Kasalukuyang nakaratay sa ospital si Thomas Sr. matapos sumailalim sa life-saving surgery.
Pinutol ang kanyang kaliwang binti na hindi na dinadaluyan ng dugo kaya nangitim.
Agad na lumipad sa Pilipinas si Graham nang malaman nito ang kalagayan ng ama ni Meghan.
Binisita niya si Thomas Sr. sa ospital sa Cebu na hindi tinukoy, pero makikita ang pangalan sa suot na hospital gown ng pasyente.
Itinanggi ni Thomas Sr. ang balitang nakipag-ugnayan sa kanya ang anak, na hindi na niya nakikita nang personal at nakakausap mula pa noong 2018.
Ipinagtaka umano ni Thomas Sr. ang mga balitang nag-reach out sa kanya si Meghan dahil wala siyang natanggap na mensahe mula sa bunsong anak.
Sinabi ni Thomas Sr. na sinadya nitong huwag magpalit ng cellphone number para puwede siyang tawagan ni Meghan, anumang oras.
Ayon sa tagapagsalita nina Meghan at Prince Harry, nagpadala si Meghan ng mensahe sa kanyang ama sa pamamagitan ng email noong Biyernes, Disyembre 5.
Pero sinabi ng pamilya at mga kaibigan ni Thomas Sr. na limang taon na nitong hindi ginagamit ang email address niya.
Bukod sa kagustuhang makita sina Meghan, Prince Harry, at ang kanyang mga apo, handa na raw makipagkasundo si Thomas Sr. sa estranged daughter niya.
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THOMAS MARKLE SR. MEDICAL CONDITION
Nagpasalamat si Thomas Sr. sa lahat ng mga nagdarasal para sa kanyang kaligtasan.
Kabilang sa mga pinasalamatan niya ay ang mahuhusay na doktor ng Cebu City Hospital na gumagamot sa kanya.
Sa panayam ng Mail on Sunday sa Filipino doctor na si Dr. Alexander Kaw, sinabi nito: “There was no chance of saving the leg. The blood clot was at least 14 inches long and ran the length of his thigh.
“If we had tried to clear the blockage, the necrosis from the dying tissue in the foot – which was gravely infected — could have moved through his bloodstream and caused sepsis which, with his multiple health conditions, could have killed him.
"The biggest threat was an infection spreading throughout his body.
“We did emergency surgery to amputate the leg below the knee and then we removed the blood clot. There was no option but to amputate.
“It was major surgery but Mr. Markle is doing well and we are satisfied with his progress. We are taking it a day at a time.
“When you have an elderly patient with comorbidities, there is always a danger. He is stable and doing well. There is no infection in the leg.”