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Coronavirus: they confirm that chlorine dioxide caused the death of a 5-year-old boy in Plottier

2020-08-28T15:19:43.374Z


It was determined by a medical board. Family members acknowledged that they had given him the substance as a prevention against covid-19.


Claudio Andrade

08/28/2020 - 12:04

  • Clarín.com
  • Society

A medical board confirmed that a five-year-old Plottier boy died from ingesting chlorine dioxide . The baby died on August 15 in that town next to Neuquén capital due to a multi-organ failure, as revealed in the first term by the autopsy. Family members told the professionals on duty that day that they had given him chlorine dioxide as a way to protect him from the coronavirus.

Now the complementary studies requested by the Justice revealed that "(the) toxic etiology would be compatible with the described picture", according to the report of the medical board in relation to the multi-organ failure that caused his death. "The intake of a caustic chemical can be inferred ", they continue to conclude that "the findings described are compatible with the intake of said product (chlorine dioxide)".

“At the request of the prosecutor in the Sandra Ruixo case, the medical board analyzed the results of the autopsy and biochemical studies, and answered three aspects that the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office consulted: 1) Cause of the multi-organ failure revealed by the autopsy; 2) If it was caused by intoxication, what was the substance that produced it; 3) If that substance is compatible with chlorine dioxide ”, indicates a statement from the Neuquén Public Prosecutor's Office.

“On the first point, the medical board stated that“ a toxic etiology would be compatible with the described picture ”; Regarding the second, "the intake of a caustic chemical can be inferred"; and on the third that "the findings described are compatible with the intake of said product", referring to chlorine dioxide, he adds.

From now on, the prosecutor will analyze whether to make charges and for what crimes and who will understand , the statement continues.

The medical board that carried out the in-depth analyzes was made up of doctors from the Forensic Medical Corps of the Judicial Power and the public health system of the province of Neuquén.

The case was investigated from the outset as a "doubtful death." The prosecution requested the search of the family home, interviews with medical professionals and the Police and expansion of the medical and autopsy reports.

Bariloche. Correspondent

ACE

Source: clarin

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