PUEBLA.- A Elderlywho was going to his appointment at a clinic in Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in the city of Puebla, suffered a heart attack and died when it was going to be attended to.
The events occurred this Thursday, April 25, at Clinic 55 of the IMSS in Amalucan, when an elderly man arrived at the medical care unit because he was not in good health, so required the attention of a doctor.
However, the victim, identified as Noé Nicolás, might not enter since apparently it did not meet the requirements requested by the Institute to serve people
After the rejection, the victim and her companion left the clinic; later the man He suffered a heart attack and died on public roadswhere passers-by and vendors tried to help them without success.
Elements of the State Attorney General’s Office went to the scene to carry out legal proceedings.
It turned out that the woman who accompanied the subject said that in the clinic I don’t They attended, even though he felt bad.
“They didn’t treat him, he already died, this is the clinic we have. The indifference that exists is not possible.”
IMSS denies negligence in death
For its part, the delegation of Mexican Social Security Institute issued an information sheet in which regretted the death of the man and sent his condolences to the family.
At the same time, he specified that according to the medical staff on duty at Family Medicine Unit (UMF) number 55, the person was not denied medical attention, “in accordance with the policy of zero refusals in emergency cases, That is to say, every person who requests it is assisted, whether or not he or she is entitled to it.”
He added that medical personnel from UMF number 55 attended the call for help of people who they traveled abroad and they reported that the person was unconscious on Avenida de las Torres, “approximately 80 meters away from the clinic.”
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2024-05-01 15:29:18
