A woman who gave birth to her son while she was under detention this year says the Philippine government should do more to help prisoners in her situation.
Jackie Lou Javate Bacani, 31, a cashier in Dubai, was detained at Muraqqabat police station for more than seven months on drug-related charges.
She delivered a boy at Al Baraha Hospital on March 16 and was returned to detention the next day.
Mrs Bacani said she faced a daily struggle to look after her baby.
“My baby developed an eye infection,” she said. “I really had a hard time taking care of him.”
Mrs Bacani was in detention with about 15 other women, mostly Filipina, who were allowed to keep their infants while awaiting trial or sentencing.
“I really feel bad for them,” Mrs Bacani said. “When I was released there were at least four Filipinas who remained in jail with their babies.”
She had been held with Cresilda Empleo, 25, at Muraqqabat since November 10 when they were arrested at Hamarain Mall after a third Filipina, Rhodora Guisinga, 36, was found with tramadol, an opiate-based painkiller.
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