A 3-year-old girl awakened during her funeral after doctors mistakenly presumed her dead.
The family of Camila Roxana Martinez Mendoza is accusing the Salinas de Hidalgo Basic Community Hospital of negligence after reportedly declaring the toddler dead timely.
The lass was experiencing stomach pains, vomiting, and
fever when her mother, pot Mendoza, took her to work out a pediatrician in the family’s hometown of Villa de Ramos on Aug. 17, El
Universal newspaper reported.
The doctor recommended that the kid be taken to the hospital in the central Mexican state of San Luis PotosÃ
to be treated for dehydration.
Doctors at Salinas de Hidalgo Basic Community
Hospital placed a chilly towel over her body to lower her body
temperature and placed a pulse oximeter on one of her fingers to keep track of
her oxygen levels.
Camila was released from the hospital with a
prescription for paracetamol but continued to deteriorate because the day continued.
She was seen by another doctor who instructed her
mother to feed her fruits and water and prescribed a special medication.
Despite the medications, the kid continued vomiting so her parents took her to see another doctor, who
suggested she be rushed to the ER.
Camila was readmitted to Salinas between 9 and 10
p.m., and doctors worked to assist the young girl.
Her mother said: "They wanted to offer her (intravenous therapy). They took an extended time to put oxygen on
her. They didn’t put it on her because they couldn’t find her little veins;
finally, a nurse-managed it."
After about 10 minutes, the IV was far away from the girl, who was then removed to rest.
Her mother recalled: "She still was hugging me,
they took her away and told me, `You
need to let her rest in
peace.`"
Mendoza said she was then kept from her sick
daughter in a separate, locked room.
She was ready
to get out but still could not get into
the room where her daughter was being kept.
Camila was later declared dead from dehydration. The
next day, a funeral viewing was held for friends and family to mourn the toddler.
During the viewing, Mendoza noticed the glass window
of the coffin fogging up.
Other mourners told the distraught mother that she
must be hallucinating and dissuaded her from opening the coffin.
Camila was rushed by ambulance back to the Salinas
hospital, where doctors unsuccessfully attempted to revive her.
She was then declared dead again, this point from cerebral edema (brain swelling).
Mendoza said: "That was really where my baby was
done. We are devastated because my girl was a really happy person, she
got together with everyone, and she didn’t single anyone out. we've
many people on the ranch who support us because she was cherished."
However, Camila’s paternal grandmother reportedly
rushed to require a closer look when she noticed Camila’s eyes
moving and shockingly discovered she had a pulse.
The first death certificate obtained by her parents
listed Camila’s cause of death as just dehydration, while the second noted
dehydration, cerebral edema, and metabolic failure. The grieving mother said:
"What I actually want is for justice to be served. I’ve got no grudge against the doctors [who] went to extreme [measures]. I only
ask that the doctors, nurses, and directors be changed in order that it does not happen again."
The case is being investigated by the San Luis
Potosà state's attorney General Jose Luis Ruiz, who confirmed that an
autopsy is underway.
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