Learning from a loss

A girl drowned in Sitio Kanipaan, Barangay Basak, Mandaue City, Tuesday last week after she allegedly fell into the river there.

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While police are looking into the incident, the mother of the eleven-year-old said it was likely her daughter suffered an epileptic seizure while she was crossing a walkway and fell into the river and drowned.

She added that her daughter often suffered seizures when she was fatigued and earlier that day she had been out helping her grandmother gather scrap to sell.

Our sympathies go out to the girl's family. No one should have to die that young.