The complaint again revealed medical negligence at the Dr. Marco Chamorro Hospital in the commune of Porvenir.
Specifically, the document charges those responsible with a quasi-crime of medical negligence.
April 16, 2023, “My son LABM, who is now 6 years old, started feeling unwell with severe stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhea, so we decided to take him to the Emergency Department of Marco Chamorro Hospital,” the letter said. Poveni Seoul commune.
In an emergency, the doctor Eliseo Fuentes came to take care of us, he checked and diagnosed my son with gastroenteritis, told us that we should go home, prescribed paracetamol and domperidone, (…) give my son two days off.
After returning home my son started to feel better but on Tuesday 18th April 2023 he started to be in pain again so my husband asked for an hour to see the doctor which was scheduled for Wednesday 19th April. April 2023. Once there we were treated again by Dr. Eliseo Fuentes who examined my son, palpated his stomach and assured us it was not appendicitis, he even did a rectal exam as it was hard he would have a bowel movement, Even with few bowel movements, in that consultation he assured us it was just gastroenteritis, again put him off for a few days and said he should be on Panadol, Flapex and rehydration salts. He asked us to do blood, urine and stool tests.
My son’s pain subsided on Wednesday and Thursday; but on Friday he started to feel so badly that he had trouble standing and walking. The tests ordered by the doctor have been completed and the results will be available on Monday 24th April 2023. In the afternoon, seeing how bad our son was, we decided to take the ferry to Punta Arenas at 8:30pm to take him to the emergency room at the Naval Hospital. Got there and when he noticed they did a blood test and waited about 1 hour later when he saw the results the ER doctor immediately transferred us in an ambulance to Magellan Clinic because of my son’s diagnosis It turned out not to be gastroenteritis but appendicitis, and because of the passage of time, already peritonitis.
He was treated for peritonitis in the emergency services at the Magellan Clinic Hospital and thanks to the care received, my son did not die despite the delay. “
As always, ask for background information to be forwarded to the Ministry of Public Affairs and steps to clarify the facts.
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It should be pointed out that this is not the first medical accident involving minors at the Marco Chamorro Hospital in Porvenir.
In 2015, in the case of young Roxana Ruiz Rojo, who died in childbirth, the Punta Arenas Court of Appeals confirmed a medical negligence conviction.
In 2019, a couple filed a complaint over the death of their unborn baby, alleging they were forced to wait 12 hours at Polvenier Hospital before transferring the pregnant woman to Punta A despite her high pregnancy risk. Rainas.
In 2022, a baby was mistakenly prescribed medication for schizophrenia and had to be urgently transferred to Punta Arenas, ultimately saving her life.
In August, a baby died during delivery at Porvenir Hospital, for which a complaint was lodged.
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