Professor Ovedi Dagan, Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Schneider Pediatric Center, on Midan Keller who died after using an electronic cigarette, April 15, 2023 (Schneider Hospital Spokesperson)
The Ministry of Health announced today (Thursday) that it is investigating the death of 16-year-old Midan Keller, and the reason for the hospitalization of another 16-year-old boy who also smoked an electronic cigarette.
It was also reported that the office is working to reveal the components of the electronic cigarettes used by the two boys.
The ministry said that so far it has collected findings related to the other boy's hospitalization at Kaplan Hospital, and that it is cooperating with other enforcement agencies in order to check if there is a connection between the two cases.
In addition, today the national team established by the Ministry of Health met to act to eradicate the phenomenon of electronic cigarettes, mainly among children and teenagers.
The team will formulate its recommendations in the coming weeks.
Midan Keller (photo: documentation on social networks according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law)
Yesterday, a 16-year-old boy from Rehovot was hospitalized after using an electronic cigarette.
The boy was referred to pediatric intensive care at Kalpan Medical Center in moderate condition, after his lungs were damaged.
The hospital reported that "the boy is hospitalized with suspected EVALI (lung damage caused by smoking electronic cigarettes) which is still under investigation. The boy testified that he smoked electronic cigarettes. He arrived at the hospital suffering from respiratory failure, is currently hospitalized in moderate condition and is receiving supportive care ".
Three weeks earlier, the 16-year-old boy Midan Keller was pronounced dead.
Keller was admitted to Schneider Hospital in serious condition following the collapse of his lungs.
He was treated in the cardiac intensive care unit and connected to the ECMO system, which replaces the activity of the heart and lungs.
The hospital stated that there is a suspicion that the boy disconnected himself from the ECMO machine for an unknown reason.
The family denied the claim.
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