Uruguay
ASSE Opens Investigation Into Death of 8-Year-Old Girl in Rivera
Leonardo Cipriani said the case involving a patient from Vichadero who died while waiting to be transferred to Pereira Rossell is being reviewed administratively. The official also pointed to a structural problem in pediatric transfers in Rivera.
The president of ASSE, Leonardo Cipriani, said Thursday at a press conference at the Rivera Hospital that an administrative investigation is underway into the death, on March 1, of an 8-year-old patient from Vichadero.
According to 970 Universal, the girl had been diagnosed with a mediastinal tumor and suffered cardiorespiratory arrest while waiting to be transferred to Pereira Rossell Hospital.
Cipriani expressed his condolences to the family and said that situations of this kind also cause pain among health care teams, the same outlet reported.
According to 970 Universal, the head of ASSE said that Rivera has a structural problem with pediatric transfers. He said the difficulty is not with ambulances or equipment, but with the presence in the territory of the necessary human resources.
Still according to the outlet, these transfers are carried out with Air Force planes departing from Montevideo together with the corresponding professional team. In this case, the aircraft suffered a failure and had to return to the capital.
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