The Ibage Health Secretariat announces Cause of death of nine-month-old baby to be investigated, registered at a private clinic in the capital on Monday last holiday.The agency reported that Minor admitted to care center with apparent symptoms of malnutrition. After receiving medical attention, his death was reported.
From the Central Region: A child was involved in an accident in a shopping center “On Monday, August 21 this year, the child with the initials ADHS, less than 9 months old, died at an IPS center in the city of Ibague, The situation being investigated by the competent authoritysaid Martha Liliana Ospina, director of the city’s health department. According to the official, initial investigations showed that, in addition to presumed signs of malnutrition, This little baby has been diagnosed with coronavirus OC43It is thought to be one of the culprits behind the common cold, which can cause major infections like pneumonia. “It has been established that the patient is clearly With diagnostic impressions such as malnutrition and coronavirus OC43, In this IPS, it is being dealt with in an interdisciplinary manner,” Ospina added. Authorities are awaiting the results of the autopsy and the report from the Public Health System (Sivigila), with the aim of Execute the corresponding analysis unit to determine the cause of death. The study was conducted on children under the age of five.
In other news: The tragic details of the accident in the town of Leyva that left three dead are worth mentioning that, according to the Health Surveillance Service, in 2023 there will be more than 200 cases of acute, moderate and severe malnutrition in children under five years old. Combined with cases from this year and 2022, the number of reported cases has exceeded 560.