2023-07-17 17:08:33
Pereira
Once once more, from the Kemberdé indigenous community in the municipality of Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, they report alleged medical negligence by the health post of the township of Santa Cecilia.
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On this occasion, it is a child under one year old, who was taken to the care center on two occasions due to fever, eye infection and respiratory problems, but who was returned to the shelter following ruling out malaria.
The community leader and rector of the indigenous school, Ángela Maya Maya, denounced that she had to request help from the Ministry of Health in Bogotá, so that the minor might receive care.
Angela Maya – New Case
After the first care, the minor did not improve and had to be taken to Santa Cecilia once more with a high fever and symptoms of suffocation and despite the teacher’s request, the doctor sent him to his shelter, where last Friday the state baby’s health worsened.
Angela Maya – minor complications
Maya reported that following they managed to take him to the Pueblo Rico hospital, they were referred to the San Jorge Hospital in Pereira, where the medical diagnosis was pneumonia.
Angela Maya – Saint George referral
The minor is still in the care center of the Risaraldense capital, stable and receiving treatment.
However, the reiterated request of this indigenous community in the west of the department is that the corresponding authorities intervene the Santa Cecilia health post, so that the provision of the service is guaranteed in a timely manner to the members of the reservation, because despite the complaints Due to the number of deceased minors who turned themselves in during a visit from the Ministry and the Superintendence of Health, medical attention continues to be unguaranteed.
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