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Baby Treated at UI Hospitals Dies After Return to Haiti
By Cindy Hadish, Reporter
Story Created: May 30, 2012 at 10:54 PM CDT
Story Updated: May 30, 2012 at 11:12 PM CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Surgery changed the outlook for a Haitian baby brought to the United States by an Iowa City couple, but it was a common disease that took the little girl?s life at home.
Bedica Ermilus likely died of cholera after being returned to her family in Haiti, said Dr. Christopher Buresh, 36, an emergency physician at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics who made arrangements for the then 3-month-old girl?s surgery at UI Children?s Hospital in March.
?It?s been really hard,? Buresh said Wednesday night. ?We?ll never really know what it was.?
Bedica became ill with a fever, vomiting and diarrhea just days after returning to Haiti.
Despite efforts of community health workers and her family, she died May 17 at nearly 5 months old.
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By Cindy Hadish, Reporter
Story Created: May 30, 2012 at 10:54 PM CDT
Story Updated: May 30, 2012 at 11:12 PM CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Surgery changed the outlook for a Haitian baby brought to the United States by an Iowa City couple, but it was a common disease that took the little girl?s life at home.
Bedica Ermilus likely died of cholera after being returned to her family in Haiti, said Dr. Christopher Buresh, 36, an emergency physician at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics who made arrangements for the then 3-month-old girl?s surgery at UI Children?s Hospital in March.
?It?s been really hard,? Buresh said Wednesday night. ?We?ll never really know what it was.?
Bedica became ill with a fever, vomiting and diarrhea just days after returning to Haiti.
Despite efforts of community health workers and her family, she died May 17 at nearly 5 months old.
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