Tragic Death of 6-Year-Old Girl in Hospital Elevator: Complaints, Negligence, and Criticism

2023-07-11 21:21:00

A 6-year-old girl died this Tuesday when she was trapped in a hospital elevator when she was transferred on a stretcher to be admitted.

The tragic event occurred inside the General Hospital of the Zone of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) No. 18 in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, when little Aitana Betzabé Domínguez was pressed from the waist down following the elevator began to move. move before the entire stretcher entered, Reforma said.

Complaints regarding elevator malfunction

Hospital authorities took more than half an hour to request help from the emergency services and the police, while they tried to rescue the little girl, who ended up asphyxiated, witnesses to what happened explained.

Several workers told the Noticaribe portal that they had recently made various complaints regarding the urgent maintenance required by the elevator, since it was not the first time that the sensor did not work properly.

“The required medical attention was provided”

After the tragedy, the IMSS specified in a statement that the girl was receiving “adequate care for her condition” and regretted what happened by expressing “her most sincere condolences for the death of the minor.”

In addition, following the wave of criticism and the videos that went viral on social networks regarding the event, the agency specified that “the required and adequate medical care was provided during the contingency” in which “unfortunately the patient died.”

The hospital authorities assured that they were collaborating with the authorities’ investigation, by providing “all the necessary facilities” to “guarantee transparency in this unfortunate event.”

Likewise, the IMSS distanced itself from what happened by stating that the maintenance service of its elevators was “subrogated to an external company.”

Parents denounce lack of attention

The State Attorney General’s Office specified that the minor was declared dead on the spot by agency personnel and that their experts immediately began an investigation to clarify what happened.

The parents of the minor, Patricio Domínguez and Deimy Castillo, denied that the IMSS provided the necessary attention as the agency assured in the statement and stated that they were afraid of how the investigation would conclude, since they did not have the financial resources necessary to hire a lawyer. .

State authorities indicated that the first indications of the investigation led to the arrest of a man.

Criticism of President López Obrador

The tragic event has sparked a wave of criticism once morest Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who on June 20 said at a press conference that by the end of the year Mexico would have a first-world public health system “like Denmark’s or Canada”.

The head of the Mexican executive affirmed that his government was consolidating the ‘IMSS-Welfare’ system in which he assured there would be no corruption as in previous administrations and where all services would be free.

López Obrador’s detractors affirm that the austerity policy implemented in various sectors, including the health system, has caused shortages of medicines and a lack of resources for maintenance of public hospital facilities.

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