Heat blamed for Filipino engineer's death in Saudi
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A Filipino engineer in Saudi Arabia died of heart attack last week while at work.
Labor Attaché David Des Dicang of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Al Khobar confirmed that 60-year old Wilfredo Bautista suffered a heart attack inside his office past noon on June 14.
Bautista's office was on the fourth floor of the Gulf Center Building in Al Khobar.
An engineer for Tariq Hajj Architects, Bautista is a native of Baliuag in Bulacan where his family resides.
Dicang said Bautista’s family has already been informed of his death..
“Hindi ako makapaniwala dahil limang minuto lamang nang dumaan siya sa harap ng opisina ko at nagbatian pa kami (I could not believe what happened as he even greeted me five minutes before he died when he passed by my office)," said Ricardo Senapilo, a secretary at a nearby office, in an email to GMANews.TV.
Senapilo added that the company’s doctor tried but failed to revive Bautista. He said Bautista’s heart attack was caused by extreme heat based on information he heard from Bautista’s officemates.
According to Dicang, they are now coordinating with Bautista’s company to process documents required for the shipment of his body to the Philippines, which is expected in a month's time.
Among the requirements are a medical report, a death certificate from the hospital and a report from the local police.
“We can’t estimate how long the processing of his repatriation will take, but we hope it won’t take long since he died of a natural cause," Dicang told GMANews.TV in a phone interview.
He added the company will submit to the Saudi’s labor ministry a computation of Bautista’s monetary benefits, such as insurance, to be sent to the family. - KBK, GMANews.TV
