CAGAYAN
DE ORO CITY: Claims about miraculous recoveries of an alleged faith-healing of
a boy in Brgy. Bonbon, this city, has prompted a medical practitioner to warn
people about corroborating information received from supposed patients, reports
DxRU-Radio Ultra.
Such
healings may have been popular throughout history but people must be warned
against acts that propagate beliefs of things that are not true, says Dr. Leo
Navarro in the radio.
“Walay
problema ang importante lamang magbantay lang ang katawhan nga dili mailad,” he
said, explaining some faith healings before have come in a form of deceit,
bluff or mystification.
During
the years, several investigators have studied faith healings closely and wrote
about their findings saying some were just plain propaganda or concealment.
Navarro,
during his radio program “Aray ko Dok,” said this has been true in the past and
that there may be some groups of people who will use the so-called miracle
healing in exchange for sums of money.
But
this observation did not stop people from trooping over to the house of
Hernesto Haylani Jr., the 10-year old healer they named “Santino.”
Santino
is from the teleserye “May Bukas Pa” played by Zaijian Jaranilla, who, in the
drama series becomes a powerful intercessor and healer known as the
"Miracle Boy."
“Dasok
ang mga tawo nga gustong makakita sa giingong buhi nga milagro sa pagpanambal
ni Santino ug gikan sa buntag hangtod hapon, gibana-banang dili moubos libo ka
mga tawo ang misaksi ug nagpatambal,” DxRU continues with its report.
Haylani’s
father said they don’t ask money from patients but have been travelling around
the province using their own finances.
He
added his son started showing “healing powers” at the age of three and that
since then would heal people who troop to their house for healing while Santino
does his ritualistic practices of gestures donning his usual white shirt.
Sometimes
when there are no patients, Haylani said his son would play basketball in the
neighborhood.
Some
visitors interpret Santino’s healing as effective as healing ordinary skin
rashes, various injuries to total body paralysis from stroke.
(NEWS POSTED ALSO IN HARDLINE WEEKLY, PAGADIAN CITY)