Serendra blast: Unit 501 occupant dies

MANILA, Philippines - He came here to attend a wedding and rented Unit 501 of Two Serendra, owned by a friend. Five weeks after the blast that damaged the unit, Angelito San Juan died Thursday at 12:20 am in St. Luke's, Taguig.

San Juan was 63, married with two children.

Based in the United States, he was one of the 4 injured in the May 31 blast at Serendra that killed 3 other men, all outsourced employees of Abenson.

It's been days of blood transfusion and intensive care for San Juan, according to his lawyer Raymund Fortun. While the specific cause of his death was not immediately known, it "may be due to multiple complications."
Fortun said ALI has been paying for the hospital expenses but has not once reached out to San Juan or the family to check on his condition.

"Ayala has never gotten in touch with us from Day 1. When he was rushed to the hospital, we learned more or less Ayala would pay the bill because they were never sent to us," he said.

Unlike in the case of the families of the 3 other victims, Fortun said no Ayala representatives have visited San Juan in the hospital nor talked to his family.