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    Spanish to Eng. translation

    Child died of pneumonia, discarded medical malpractice

    L. Sosa / R. Chaparro
    The Journal | 01.02.2011 | 21:42
    The girl who allegedly was denied medical service at a Health Center, died of bronchopneumonia, as revealed by the autopsy from the Medical Examiner, said spokesman of the Attorney General, Arturo Sandoval Fig?n.

    Given the gravity of the small Dania Araceli Garcia Carranza, two months, the case involves negligence of medical staff, and who was in critical condition at the lack of timely medical care, staff informed the State Attorney General .

    The infant died on Monday morning inside the center 14 of the Ministry of Health, in the colony Fidel Avila, after more than half an hour waiting to be serviced by local doctors, reported the family of the child.

    However, Hector Puertas Rincones, director of the Health District II, said the dead girl was taken to the facility, so all they did was to request the presence of the Forensic Medical Service unit (Semefo).

    The Attorney General's Office to initiate an investigation ruled against the mother of the baby care by default, but legally the Office of the Defense of Children and Families could come against teenage girl by not giving her daughter the care needed to presenting disease, officials said.

    For its part, the family maintains that the little baby was alive, but due to the refusal to attend to died.

    While health authorities did not respond to calls made to them to indicate whether they would investigate.

    Erica Margarita Rodriguez said yesterday gave them the body so it began to watch over him at home.

    One room of the house of Che Guevara street number 3824 of Lucio Caba?as colony was used to house the little coffin containing the remains of the girl Araceli Dania, barely two months old.

    Hector Puertas Rincones, director of the department, said Monday that at no time denied the child care is delayed or your auscultation
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