Through social networks, a mother denounced the injuries caused to her 9-month-old daughter, following a nursing assistant took her by the neck to bathe her during her hospitalization at the RedSalud Santiago Clinic. In conversation with BioBioChile, the woman recounted the facts, the measures that she will adopt and accused no response from the site. Meanwhile, from the clinic they regretted what happened and affirmed that they are collecting the background of the case.
A woman reported that her 9-month-old daughter sustained neck injuries following being roughly grabbed by a nursing assistant in the Clinic RedSalud Santiago. After what happened, he confirmed that he is evaluating legal action once morest the health facility.
For its part, from the clinic they regretted what happened and indicated that they are collecting the background of the case.
in conversation with BioBioChileBelén Campos reported that her youngest daughter, Leonor, entered the clinic because she had a fever and that following carrying out the pertinent tests, her hospitalization was decreed for at least 48 hours, since she had to receive intravenous medication.
On the morning of the second day, staff came to the room to tell her that they needed to bathe the infant. While they lathered her up, an assistant from the compound left the water running to wait for it to come out hot.
“I had her very grabbed by the neck”
“When they came with the jug of water, I thought it already came with hot water. Then The lady grabs Leonor by the neck and puts her on her back with her head in the sink so that the other girl (a nursing technician) throws the water at her”he recounted.
After that, the little girl began to cry and despair. “This lady had her very grabbed by the neck and when I saw that my daughter was red, I approached so that she might see me, with the purpose of calming her down, and when I touched her feet I realized that she was very cold, “he continued.
That way she realized that they were washing her with cold water. “I ask them what had happened to the hot water and they tell me it was bad.”
He remembered that he took the little girl out of her arms and that when he was drying her he noticed that she had “Neck injuries, red shoulder and had a bruise on the back because it seems that Leonor hit the edge of the lavatory.”
He immediately rebuked the assistant, who told him that it had been unintentionally.
Campos accused that until she was discharged no one contacted her to find out details of what happened and that, even when she was hospitalized, she called the Carabineros, who would have told her that she might not verify injuries because she was in a private area.
After insisting with the police, officers issued a complaint with their story and the photographs they took of the minor following what happened.
Meanwhile, at the clinic he entered his complaint in the claims mailbox, waiting for a response.
Already at home, the woman assured that evaluates filing a complaint once morest RedSalud Santiago “For the damage caused. Although my daughter cannot express it, I saw it and this cannot remain like this”.
Response from Redsalud Santiago
Through a public statement, RedSalud Santiago indicated that “The Medical Directorate is compiling all the information on this situation.”
They also assured that “representatives of the medical and nursing team met with the mother and, along with regretting what happened, they conveyed our support and commitment to determine what caused the indicated situation and improve whatever is necessary in terms of management protocols of pediatric patients”.
They add that the patient was discharged today and that they keep the channels of communication open with the family.
“Our purpose as an institution is to provide access to quality care and warmth, which has been reflected in the commendable commitment of our team of people in recent years,” they concluded.
