A two-year-old boy passed away in the municipality of Camagüey following a series of alleged medical negligences that has sparked outrage in the community.
According to information obtained by journalist José Luis Tan Estrada from a Public Health source, the minor, who resides in the Finlay health area, was initially attended to in the local polyclinic by a resident doctor who was alone in the emergency room, in violation of the protocols that require the presence of a supervising specialist.
At the polyclinic, a formal referral to the pediatric hospital was not issued, which forced the parents to transport the child to the hospital on their own the next day.
In the hospital, however, no clinical tests were conducted nor was a precise diagnosis identified, and he was sent home again.
Hours later, the young boy experienced a vomiting episode with blood and died from complications related to hemorrhagic dengue, an illness that requires immediate and specialized medical attention.