02/22/2020 - 0:14
- Clarín.com
- Society
A small one-year-old and eleven-month-old woman who lived in the Santa María area, north of Salta, died Friday at the hospital in the town of Santa Victoria Este, due to a picture of respiratory infection and malnutrition .
Government sources reported that it is a girl of one year and eleven months , which had been detected in a mapping that was carried out on the territory, in the Santa María area.
The girl, who weighed 7,270 kilograms and belonged to a Wichi community, presented a mild malnutrition, as well as a respiratory infection, so she was rushed to the hospital in the town of Santa Victoria Este , which is 510 kilometers away. North of the provincial capital.
In the first instance, the patient reacted well to the medication, but this Friday her health was complicated and she had a cardiorespiratory arrest from which medical professionals could not remove her, according to the spokespersons.
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In this way, there are nine children who died undernourished and dehydrated so far this year, in the north of Salta, so the socio-sanitary emergency was declared in the departments Rivadavia, San Marín and Orán.
Source: Télam