Chiapas: 5 infants die in hospital- bacteria?

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Source: http://www.expresochiapas.com/noticias/contraportada/8092-la-causa-una-bacteria-desconocida.html

The cause is unknown bacteria ...

Friday, 02 of Octubre of 2009 03:07
Confirms death of 5 infants in the IMSS-Tapachula
Angeles Mariscal l The state health secretary, James Gomez Montes, confirmed the deaths of five infants in the hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Tapachula, allegedly as a result of a bacterium that has not yet been identified. The hospital was isolated for disinfection.
The official said the deaths occurred this week in federal hospital. At the time an infant but had also been infected by the bacteria already recovered and was discharged, but two more remain hospitalized children.
"The children who died were premature, had a low weight and were vulnerable to any infection. For the symptoms they presented, that was sudden fever and weight loss, which was presumed to result from infection by bacteria, "said James Montes, who added that the death was the influenza virus.
"We are currently doing studies to identify the bacteria they made, and will take 72 hours the results. For now you can consider that the situation is under control, and the hospital has been disinfected.
For its part the state delegate IMSS Orrico Samuel Torres, said a group of specialists of this institution began a series of studies and procedures to isolate the bacteria that affect infants, who are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Hospital 0l General Zone.
It is recalled that between January and February 2003, at least 33 newborn babies died in Comitan General Hospital, located on the border with Guatemala, as a result of a bacterium.

 

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You have a MAJOR translation error - the quote should read that "they DISCARDED that the death was due to influenza virus".

This might be not good, as this is now undiagnosed fatalities in Mexico.

 

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This article says they don't know if it is a virus or a bacterium, and mentions six other cases ill in the hospital.

http://www.tabascohoy.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=181189

Infant mortality, killing 5 in Chiapas


Los decesos de los peque?os se registraron en los ?ltimos 4 d?as en el Hospital General de zona del IMSS. The deaths of children occurred in the last 4 days on General Hospital IMSS area.

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Mart?n Morita Martin Morita
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Cinco menores muertos y seis en estado grave se reportaron en el Hospital General de Zona 01 del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), en Tapachula, sin que hasta ayer se supieran las causas. Five children died and six were reported in serious condition at the Hospital General de Zona 01 of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Tapachula, which until yesterday without knowing why.

El delegado del IMSS en la entidad, Samuel Orrico Torres, dio a conocer que los decesos de los beb?s se registraron en los ?ltimos 4 d?as. The delegate of the IMSS in the state, Samuel Orrico Torres, announced that the deaths of infants were recorded in the last 4 days.

"Con un grupo de especialistas estamos tratando de llegar a la conclusi?n del por qu? enfermaron y fallecieron. Esperamos los resultados de los ex?menes para saber si se trata de un virus o alguna bacteria que se haya infiltrado", explic? en entrevista. "With a group of specialists are trying to reach the conclusion of why sick and died. We await the results of tests to see if it is a virus or a bacterium that has been infiltrated," he said in an interview.

Por el momento, detall? que la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales fue temporalmente cerrada, pues ah? ocurri? la contingencia sanitaria, mientras que 6 menores est?n en terapia intensiva. For the moment, explained that the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was temporarily closed because health contingency occurred there, while 6 children are in intensive care.

?sta no es la primera muerte de beb?s en hospitales del estado. This is not the first death of babies at state hospitals.

Entre diciembre de 2002 y febrero de 2003 murieron alrededor de 33 reci?n nacidos en el Hospital Regional de Comit?n. Between December 2002 and February 2003 killed about 33 infants in the Regional Hospital in Comitan.

En esa ocasi?n, la Secretar?a de Salud de Chiapas inform? que los peque?os murieron por partos prematuros, cardiopat?as cong?nitas y asfixia perinatal. On that occasion, the Ministry of Health reported that small Chiapas died from premature birth, congenital heart defects and perinatal asphyxia.

Incluso, se relacionaron las muertes con los rezagos que presentan las comunidades ind?genas. Even the deaths were associated with the backlogs that have indigenous communities.

"Comit?n es M?xico, el de todos los d?as, el de las embarazadas que nunca son vistas por un m?dico, el de los neonatos desnutridos desde que est?n en el ?tero materno", se?al? el entonces Secretario de Salud federal, Julio Frenk, al comparecer ante la Comisi?n de Salud de la C?mara Alta el 11 de febrero de 2003. "Committee is Mexico, of all days, pregnant women, who are never seen by a doctor, for infants who are malnourished from the womb," said the then federal Minister of Health, Julio Frenk, to appear before the Health Committee of the Upper House on 11 February 2003.

"(En diciembre) no hubo m?s muertes en la comunidad, sino que ?stas se concentraron en el principal hospital p?blico ante la reducci?n de los servicios privados durante el periodo vacacional", asever?. "(In December) there were more deaths in the community, but they concentrated on the main public hospital over the decline of private services during the holiday period," he said.

Ayer, Orrico Torres refiri? que los beb?s muertos en Tapachula nacieron de manera prematura y, en ese sentido, argument? que son sujetos a una serie de riesgos, como la inmadurez pulmonar, insuficiencia cardiaca, problemas en el sistema nervioso central, falla org?nica m?ltiple, entre otros. Yesterday, Orrico Torres reported that dead babies were born prematurely Tapachula and in that sense, argued that it is subject to a number of risks such as lung immaturity, heart failure, problems in the central nervous system, multiple organ failure, among others.

Por ello, abund?, en los certificados de defunci?n que se les entregaron a los familiares se indica que los fallecimientos fueron causados por un "germen sin aislar". Therefore, he added, in which death certificates were given to family members indicated that the deaths were caused by a "germ uninsulated.

"Se trata de algo que se sale de lo habitual y, por lo mismo, se procedi? a poner en marcha todas las acciones que establecen las normas oficiales y el protocolo de salud, para establecer las causas, pero lamentablemente son casos que no esper?bamos que ocurrieran", se?al?. "This is something that is out of the habitual and, therefore, proceeded to implement all actions that establish official standards and health protocol to establish the causes, but unfortunately are cases that we did not expect happen, "he said.

El primer fallecimiento ocurri? el lunes pasado, y los otros 4 murieron a los dos d?as siguientes. The first death occurred on Monday, and the other 4 died within two days.

El regidor y presidente de la Comisi?n de Salubridad y Asistencia Social del ayuntamiento de Tapachula, Antonio Hern?ndez Flores, afirm? que ?sta es una situaci?n muy preocupante. The councilman and chairman of the Committee on Health and Welfare of the municipality of Tapachula, Antonio Hern?ndez Flores, said that this is a very worrying situation.

"Es algo que nunca hab?a ocurrido en Tapachula, y nos preocupa mucho, pues sabemos que hay al menos otros seis reci?n nacidos que se debaten entre la vida y la muerte", subray?. "It's something that never happened in Tapachula, and we are very concerned because we know that there are at least six babies who are torn between life and death," he said.

Hern?ndez Flores expuso que como el IMSS es una instancia federal, el ayuntamiento no puede intervenir, pero que si los padres de las v?ctimas lo requieren, la comuna podr?a apoyarlos jur?dicamente. Hernandez Flores explained that as the IMSS is a federal body, the council can not intervene, but if the parents of the victims require, the municipality could legally support.

"Esperamos que las autoridades del IMSS den pronto una explicaci?n precisa sobre las causas que conllevaron a la muerte de esos beb?s", extern?. "We hope the authorities will soon give IMSS explain precisely the reasons that led to the death of those babies," he declared.

Fuentes de la Secretar?a de Salud estatal sostuvieron que, hasta el momento, el IMSS no les ha solicitado apoyo para atender a reci?n nacidos o mujeres embarazadas en la ciudad de Tapachula. Sources from the State Health Secretariat argued that, so far, the IMSS has asked them not to attend to support infants or pregnant women in the city of Tapachula.

 

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http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticias_articulo.php?articulo=72804

IMSS five babies die in Chiapas, with unknown causes
ISA?N MANDUJANO ISA?N MANDUJANO
TUXTLA GUTI?RREZ, Chis., 1 de octubre (apro).- En menos de una semana, cinco beb?s han perdido la vida y seis m?s se encuentran graves en el Hospital General de Tapachula, sin que hasta ahora se conozcan las causas, revel? el delegado estatal del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Samuel Orrico Torres. Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas., Oct. 1 (approved) .- In less than a week, five babies have died and six were in serious condition at the Hospital General de Tapachula, not hitherto known causes, revealed the State Delegate of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Samuel Orrico Torres.

Lo ?nico cierto es que los beb?s presentaron de manera repentina cuadros agudos de fiebre y p?rdida de peso, seg?n public? el diario local Cuarto Poder. The only certainty is that babies suddenly presented acute episodes of fever and weight loss, according to local newspaper published the Fourth Estate.

En entrevista con ese diario, el funcionario del IMSS explic? que ya se iniciaron los estudios y an?lisis necesarios para determinar las causas de los fallecimientos. In an interview with the newspaper, the official explained that IMSS has already started studies and analysis necessary to determine the causes of deaths.

Admiti? que las muertes son "algo que se sale de lo habitual", por lo que la situaci?n provoc? alarma entre las madres derechohabientes y entre las mismas autoridades. He admitted that the deaths are "something that is out of the usual" so that the situation caused alarm among mothers covered and between these authorities. "Son casos que no esper?bamos que ocurrieran", mencion?. "These are cases not expected to occur," he said.

Por su parte, el secretario de Salud de Chiapas, James G?mez Montes, confirm? la muerte de los cinco reci?n nacidos, y dio a conocer que el hospital fue "aislado", debido a que se desconoce la causa de las muertes. For his part, Secretary of Health in Chiapas, Montes James Gomez, confirmed the death of five babies, and announced that the hospital was "isolated" because they know the cause of death.

"Los ni?os que murieron eran prematuros, ten?an un bajo peso y eran vulnerables a cualquier infecci?n. Por la sintomatolog?a que presentaron, que fue fiebre y repentina p?rdida de peso, se presume que fue a consecuencia de una infecci?n por una bacteria", explic? G?mez Montes. "The children who died were premature, had a low weight and were vulnerable to any infection. By presenting symptoms, which was sudden fever and weight loss, which was presumed to result from infection by bacteria," explained Gomez Montes.

Esta no es la primera vez que mueren beb?s misteriosamente y en serie en hospitales de Chiapas. This is not the first time that babies mysteriously die in hospitals and series of Chiapas. A fines del 2002 y principios del 2003 una veintena de menores de edad falleci? en el Hospital Regional de Comit?n. In late 2002 and early 2003 about twenty children died at the Regional Hospital in Comitan. Si bien se dijo que muchos eran prematuros o presentaron complicaciones en el parto, nunca se aclar? la causa de las muertes que, extraoficialmente, se dijo que era un virus. While it was said that many were premature or had complications at birth, never cleared the cause of the deaths that, unofficially, they said it was a virus.

 

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Re: Chiapas: 5 infants die in hospital- bacteria?

Thanks for pointing out the translation error...I used the Google translator,

 

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More information. I believe the reference to "a germ uninsulated" should be translated as "a germ not yet isolated".

http://elorbe.com/portada/siguen-graves-bebes-en-el-imss-de-tapachula.html

Baby Graves still in Tapachula IMSS
Fecha: 2 Octubre 2009 Archivo en: Portada . Date: 2 October 2009 Archive at: home.




Siguen Graves Beb?s en el IMSS de Tapachula Baby Graves still in Tapachula IMSS
* Hasta el momento 5 fallecidos. * So far 5 deaths.

Tapachula, Chiapas. Tapachula, Chiapas. Octubre 01.- Uno de los seis reci?n nacidos que hab?an sido detectados enfermos en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales del Hospital General de Zona 0l de Tapachula, fue dado de alta y el resto progresa favorablemente, confirm? en entrevista el delegado del IMSS en Chiapas, Samuel Orrico Torres. Octubre 01 .- One of the six infants who had been detected in patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Hospital General de Zona 0l of Tapachula, was discharged and the remainder progressing favorably, confirmed in an interview with the delegate of the IMSS in Chiapas Samuel Orrico Torres.
En la v?spera, el funcionario federal hab?a confirmado que en un lapso de 48 horas hab?an fallecido en esa ?rea cinco reci?n nacidos y otros seis se hab?an enfermado repentinamente, y que por ello se orden? que un grupo de especialistas iniciaran una serie de estudios y procedimientos para determinar las causas de los decesos On the eve, the federal official had confirmed that within 48 hours had died in that area Five infants and six others had fallen ill suddenly, and therefore ordered that a group of specialists initiate a series of studies and procedures to determine the causes of deaths
De los sobrevivientes, dijo, uno fue dado de alta, dos han mejorado sustancialmente, dos se encuentran graves pero estables y uno de ellos a?n se encuentra entre la vida y la muerte. Of the survivors, he said, one was discharged, two have substantially improved, two were in serious but stable and one is still between life and death.
Indic? que el diagn?stico t?cnico que dieron los m?dicos para las causas probables de los He said the technical diagnosis that led doctors to the probable causes of the


Siguen Graves Beb?s en el IMSS de Tapachula Baby Graves still in Tapachula IMSS
fallecimientos fue por ?un germen sin aislar?, aunque se est?n haciendo las investigaciones para precisar lo ocurrido. deaths were "a germ uninsulated" although investigations are being done to clarify what happened.
Se espera que este mismo fin de semana se tengan los resultados de los ex?menes realizados por los especialistas. It is hoped that this weekend will have the results of examinations performed by specialists.
En tanto, confirm? tambi?n que no se han presentado nuevos casos y que los ni?os prematuros del d?a est?n siendo atendidos temporalmente en otras ?reas. Meanwhile, also confirmed that there have been no new cases and that premature infants a day are being temporarily cared for in other areas. (EL ORBE / Por Ildefonso Ochoa Arg?ello) (THE ORB / By Ildefonso Ochoa Arguello)

 

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This article is two days old. It seems that Mexican authorities are having trouble diagnosing this.

http://elorbe.com/portada/fallecen-cuatro-ninos-en-el-imss.html

Four children die in the IMSS
Fecha: 30 Septiembre 2009 Archivo en: Portada . Date: 30 September 2009 Archive at: Home.




Fallecen Cuatro Niños en el IMSS Four children die in the IMSS
Tapachula, Chiapas. Tapachula, Chiapas. 29 de Septiembre.- 'De forma repentina y sin explicación alguna fallecieron en los últimos días 4 infantes recién nacidos en el hospital del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) de la localidad, mientras otros seis se encuentran graves. September 29 .- 'suddenly and without explanation killed in recent days 4 newborn infants in the hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) of the town, while another six were in serious condition. Los médicos nos informaron que se trataba de problemas comunes de la prematurez y en el certificado de defunción se diagnóstica como “Germen Sin Aislar”, por lo que creemos que se trata de un contagio contraído en el mismo hospital'. The doctors told us it was common problems of prematurity and the death certificate diagnosis as "Germ Without isolation," so we believe that this is an infection contracted at the same hospital '.
Lo anterior fue revelado por padres de familia que sufrieron la muerte de sus hijos en dicho nosocomio. This was revealed by parents who suffered the death of their children in that hospital. “Los médicos no dieron diagnóstico, no entregaron el certificado de defunción del niño, él tenía 3 días de nacido, nació de 7 meses y medio al igual que otros bebés que han estado en la sala de Neonatales del IMSS. Hay una niña que nació de 5 meses que está en incubadora, los padres deben seguir medidas sanitarias estrictas pero los guardias de There is a girl born to 5 months in an incubator that is, parents should follow strict sanitary measures but guards


Fallecen Cuatro Niños en el IMSS Four children die in the IMSS
seguridad del hospital se meten a cada rato sin ningún tipo de medida sanitaria”, expresó Norma Luz García Zapata, tía de uno de los niños fallecidos, y que atribuye a esa razón como la causante de la muerte de los infantes. Hospital security they get all the time without any health measure, "said Norma Zapata Luz Garcia, an aunt of one of the children died, and it attaches to that reason as the cause of death of infants.
Precisó también que existen otros casos similares al del fallecimiento de su pequeño sobrino, en donde -al parecer- las muertes se deben a la misma causa, la incapacidad de los médicos de aislar un germen. It also specified that there are other cases similar to the death of his infant nephew, where it seems, the deaths are due to the same cause, the inability of doctors to isolate a germ. “Según los doctores, mi hijo murió por una hemorragia pulmonar, coagulación intramuscular diseminada y sepsis por germen sin aislar, o sea que no se pudo aislar un germen que tenía”, agregaría la madre posteriormente. "Doctors say my son died from a pulmonary hemorrhage, disseminated intramuscular coagulation and sepsis isolate germ free, so it could not isolate a germ that had", then add the mother.
Otros padres, indicaron que se trata de niños que nacieron de forma prematura y que debían estar aislados en incubadoras, cosa que no sucedió, pues a todos los tuvieron en un mismo espacio y con poca atención medica. Other parents indicated that they are children born prematurely and should be isolated in incubators, which did not happen, because all were in the same space and with little medical care. “Esto habla de una mala atención para controlar los contagios, las enfermeras no estaban, los niños presentaron temperatura alta, extrema, y no recibieron atención a tiempo”, señalaron. "This speaks of poor care to control infections, the nurses were not [there,] the children developed high temperature, extreme, and did not receive timely care," they said.
Los afectados expusieron que emprenderán medidas legales contra los médicos y contra el mismo IMSS, pues no permitirán que la muerte de sus hijos queden en la impunidad. Those affected exposed to undertake legal action against doctors and against the same IMSS, for death will not allow their children to go unpunished.
En este mismo sentido, el propio Delegado del IMSS, Samuel Orrico Torres, reconoció en entrevista exclusiva para EL ORBE, que en menos de 48 horas fallecieron en el área de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales 4 menores. In this sense, the very Delegate IMSS Orrico Samuel Torres, acknowledged in an exclusive interview with THE ORB, which in less than 48 hours died in the neonatal intensive care area 4 children. Dijo que se están haciendo estudios para determinar con certeza las causas de los fallecimientos de acuerdo al protocolo del instituto, el cual tiene como principal lineamiento la toma de cultivos de todo lo que hay alrededor para poder establecer las causas reales que derivaron en la muerte de los infantes. He said studies are underway to determine with certainty the cause of death according to the protocol of the institute, which has as its main guideline crops making everything around to establish the real causes that led to the death of infants.
Asimismo, señaló que el ser niños que nacieron prematuramente les contraen una serie de riesgos, entre las que destacan inmadurez pulmonar, insuficiencia cardiaca, problemas en el sistema nervioso central, falla orgánica múltiple y otros; aun así a los infantes fallecidos se les tomó una muestra de emocultivo para determinar la causa real de sus muertes. Also be noted that children born prematurely will contract a number of risks, among which pulmonary immaturity, heart failure, problems in the central nervous system, multiple organ failure and others, yet infants are deceased took a emocultivo sample to determine the real cause of their deaths.
Orrico Torres descartó la presencia de un virus o germen producto de la falta de higiene, pues las áreas se desinfectan de forma constante. Orrico Torres ruled out the presence of a virus or germ product of poor hygiene, because the areas are disinfected steadily. Apuntó que hasta el momento el común denominador es que todos habían nacido de forma prematura, motivo único que -como ya se dijo- conlleva una serie de complicaciones. He noted that so far the common denominator is that all were born prematurely, one reason that, as already said, involves a series of complications.

Sin embargo, dijo, se agotarán todas las posibilidades. However, he said, was exhausted all the possibilities. Para ello, llegarán dos expertos en el tema para validar o asesorar el caso y dar certidumbre. To do this, they will be two experts in the field to validate the case or advise and provide certainty. Mientras, los niños que permanecen internados bajo similares circunstancias reciben un manejo cuidadoso para evitar otro deceso. Meanwhile, the children who remain hospitalized under similar circumstances receive careful handling to prevent another death. (EL ORBE / Dorian Scott Vázquez) (THE ORB / Dorian Scott Vazquez)

 

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Of note is that this hospital is less than 10 miles from the border with Guatemala - whatever this is might have come from across the border.

I wonder if the CDC has been notified or sent samples yet...

 

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Could we have something novel?

 

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Possibly. There is something unusual, though, about an illness that simultaneously affects 11 premature babies, and no one else.

 

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This one is two days old, and might have a bad count as far as the sixth death (no other source since has reported it).

http://www.oem.com.mx/diariodelsur/notas/n1344634.htm

Tapachula
Mueren seis reci?n nacidos en el IMSS Six newborns die in the IMSS
Al menos seis familias se vistieron de luto por la muerte de sus menores hijos en el IMSS. At least six families were dressed in mourning for the death of their minor children in the IMSS. Foto: Diario del Sur. Photo: Diario del Sur.

Extra?a coincidencia en un fin de semana Strange coincidence in a weekend


Diario del Sur Diario del Sur
30 de septiembre de 2009 September 30, 2009


Gerardo Flores Gerardo Flores

* ?rea de neonatales est? en p?simas condiciones: Padres de familia * Neonatal Area is in terrible condition: Parents

* M?dicos no supieron explicar a los familiares causas del deceso de beb?s * Doctors were unable to explain to the family cause of death of babies

Tapachula Chiapas.- Por lo menos seis reci?n nacidos han muerto por causas no identificadas en el interior del Hospital del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social en esta ciudad durante el fin de semana; hasta el momento las autoridades de este lugar no dan la cara a los familiares, quienes ya promueven acciones legales en contra de la instituci?n. Tapachula Chiapas .- At least six babies have died of unidentified causes within the Hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute in this city during the weekend, so far the authorities here do not face the relatives, who already promote legal action against the institution.

Por lo menos seis familias se vistieron de luto en esta semana al enterrar a los peque?os reci?n llegados a este mundo, los cuales presuntamente por negligencias y falta de atenci?n en el IMSS, fallecieron. At least six families were dressed in mourning this week to bury the young newcomers to the world that allegedly by negligence and inattention at IMSS, died.

Norma Luz Garc?a Zapata, t?a de uno de los menores muertos, destac? que el fin de semana su sobrino muri? y al pedir una explicaci?n a los doctores, no la dieron; se limitaron a entregar el peque?o cuerpo para su sepultura. Norma Luz Garcia Zapata, aunt of one of the dead children, said that the weekend was killed and his nephew to seek an explanation from the doctors, not given, were limited to hand over the tiny body for burial.

"Los m?dicos no dieron ning?n diagn?stico y s?lo nos dieron un certificado de defunci?n, ?l ten?a tres d?as de nacido y nadie supo explicar el porqu? de su muerte", se?al?. "The doctors gave no diagnosis and only gave us a death certificate, he was three days old and no one could explain why his death," he said.

La indignaci?n por parte de las familias de los reci?n nacidos muertos, ha crecido a tal punto que ya est?n haciendo los tr?mites legales para actuar en contra del Seguro Social; se presume que alg?n tipo de virus est? atacando a los ni?os, porque es muy extra?o que haya tantas muertes en un solo fin de semana. The outrage from the families of the dead infants, has grown to the point they are already doing the legal steps to act against Social Security, it is presumed that some kind of virus is attacking children, because it is very strange having so many deaths in one weekend.

En el ?rea de neonatales del IMSS es donde han ocurrido los decesos sin explicaci?n. In the neonatal area of IMSS is where the deaths have occurred without explanation. Uno de los casos es el del menor Luis Alfonso Robledo Salazar, quien naci? el 24 de septiembre de 2009 y luego de tres d?as, de forma repentina su familia fue avisada de su muerte. One case is the child's Luis Alfonso Robledo Salazar, who was born on 24 September 2009 and after three days, suddenly his family was advised of his death.

Al igual que este menor, otros cinco han muerto ya pesar de los reclamos de las familias las respuestas han sido nulas. Like this child, five have died despite the claims of family responses were nil.

La zona donde los menores deben tener escrupulosos cuidados, se encuentra pr?cticamente insalubre; por otro lado no hay incubadoras y la actitud del personal es de poca atenci?n hacia los infantes. The area where minors must take scrupulous care, is almost unhealthy, on the other side there incubators and staff attitude is little attention toward infants.

Cabe destacar que el d?a de ayer se llevaron a cabo dos sepelios de los menores muertos, en los que la indignaci?n de la gente fue muy grande; piden una investigaci?n exhaustiva para lograr la justicia ante estos actos. Note that yesterday was conducted two funerals of dead children, where the indignation of the people was very great, call for a thorough investigation to bring justice to these acts.

 

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This is very simliar to the following incident in Egypt a few months ago.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113381

Apparently, bad neonatal care can cause a lot of dead infants.

 

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http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticias_articulo.php?articulo=72831

Experts investigating the death of babies IMSS in Chiapas
ISA?N MANDUJANO ISA?N MANDUJANO
TUXTLA GUTI?RREZ, Chis., 2 de octubre (apro).- El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) envi? a Chiapas 24 m?dicos especialistas en cuidados neonatales con el prop?sito de que investiguen las causas que originaron la repentina muerte de cinco beb?s en menos de una semana en el Hospital General de Tapachula. Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas., October 2 (approved) .- The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) sent to Chiapas 24 physicians specializing in neonatal care in order to investigate the causes of the sudden death of five babies in less a week in the Hospital General de Tapachula.

Paralelamente, autoridades de Salud del estado enviaron a la Ciudad de M?xico muestras de los beb?s que fallecieron para que sean analizadas, y confiaron en que el lunes se tengan ya lo resultados para determinar las causas de los fallecimientos. Similarly, state health officials sent to Mexico City samples of infants who died for analysis, and relied on that Monday and the results are taken to determine the causes of deaths.



En tanto, la senadora Mar?a Elena Orante L?pez, durante una visita que realiz? al Hospital General, demand? la "reubicaci?n inmediata" de ese centro de salud, ya que se encuentra a un costado de un "r?o contaminado que se ha desbordado en m?s de una ocasi?n". Meanwhile, Sen. Maria Elena Lopez Orans, during a visit to the General Hospital, demanded the "immediate redeployment" of the health center, as it is located next to a "polluted river that has overflowed into more than one occasion.



Como secretaria de la Comisi?n de Salud del Senado de la Rep?blica, Orantes L?pez lleg? hoy a Tapachula e ingres? a la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales acompa?ada del delegado estatal del IMSS en Chiapas, Samuel Orrico Torres. As secretary of the Health Committee of the Senate, Orantes Lopez arrived in Tapachula and entered the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit accompanied by a state delegate IMSS in Chiapas, Samuel Orrico Torres.



Despu?s de recorrer otras ?reas del hospital, la senadora Orantes L?pez constat? el alto riesgo que representa la permanencia de ese nosocomio a un costado del r?o Coat?n, donde desembocan todas las descargas de aguas residuales de decenas de colonias populares de Tapachula. After touring other areas of the hospital, Senator Orantes Lopez found the high risk posed by the continuance of that hospital next to the river Coat?n where lead all wastewater discharges of dozens of neighborhoods in Tapachula.



El r?o Coat?n se desbord? los d?as 3 y 4 de octubre de 2005 e inund? todas las ?reas del hospital. The river overflowed Coat?n on 3 and 4 October 2005 and flooded all areas of the hospital. En aquella ocasi?n los enfermos fueron evacuados en sus camillas y otros m?s salieron caminando cargando sus sueros. At that time the patients were evacuated from their stretchers and others walked out carrying their sera.



Se?al? que debido a la solicitud de padres de familia y algunos sectores de la sociedad tapachulteca, estableci? contacto directo con el director general del IMSS, Daniel Karam, qui?n confirm? el env?o de una veintena de m?dicos especialistas e investigadores, quienes intentar?n determinar la causa de los decesos. He noted that due to the request of parents and some sectors of society Tapachulteca established direct contact with the general director of the IMSS, Daniel Karam, who confirmed sending a dozen medical specialists and researchers who seek to determine the cause of deaths.



"Cuento con informaci?n en distintas vertientes sobre este lamentable caso; sin embargo, esperaremos los dict?menes de los especialistas que, se espera, sean revelados este fin de semana y, principalmente, que se tomen las medidas pertinentes para evitar m?s muertes de beb?s, que aunque nacieron prematuros, son inaceptables estos decesos en cuesti?n de horas", afirm?. "I have information on various aspects of this unfortunate case, however, await the advice of specialists who will hopefully be revealed this weekend and, mainly, to take appropriate measures to prevent further deaths of babies who although born premature, are unacceptable, these deaths within hours, "he said.



La senadora chiapaneca revel? que el diagn?stico previo de los m?dicos sobre la probable causa de las muertes de estos peque?os, es la de un "germen sin aislar". Senator Chiapas revealed that the previous diagnosis of doctors on the probable cause of the deaths of these little ones is that of a "germ uninsulated.



Finalmente, anunci? que expondr? el caso en el Senado de la Rep?blica, donde demandar? que se reubique este hospital, ya que, a su juicio, mientras siga junto a un r?o de aguas negras, los riesgos de virus o bacterias que causen da?os a la salud seguir?n vigentes. Finally he announced that outline the case in the Senate, where demand was relocated to this hospital because, in his opinion, as long as a river of sewage, the risk of viruses or bacteria that cause damage to health remain in force.

 

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I would hope doctors in that area know not to use river water in a neonatal ward.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/10/03/index.php?section=estados&article=026n3est

Infant death linked to polluted river
?ngeles Mariscal, corresponsal Angeles Mariscal, correspondent
T uxtla Guti?rrez, Chis., 2 de octubre. T uxtla Gutierrez, Chis., 2 October. La cercan?a del contaminado r?o Coat?n con el hospital del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social en la ciudad de Tapachula, es una de las irregulares condiciones en que opera ese nosocomio, donde esta semana fallecieron cinco reci?n nacidos, presuntamente a causa de una bacteria a?n no identificada. The proximity of the polluted River Hospital Coat?n with the Mexican Social Security Institute in the city of Tapachula, is one of the irregular operating conditions in that hospital, where this week Five infants died, allegedly due to a yet unidentified bacteria .

Seg?n la senadora Mar?a Elena Orantes L?pez, estas irregularidades fueron constatadas por especialistas que investigan las causas de la muerte de los neonatos. According to Sen. Maria Elena Orantes Lopez, these irregularities were identified by experts investigating the causes of death of newborns. El diagn?stico que dieron los m?dicos de las probables causas de los decesos de los cinco beb?s, es la afectaci?n por una bacteria que a?n no se ha podido aislar. The diagnosis given by the physicians of the probable causes of the deaths of five babies, is involvement by a bacterium that has not yet been isolated.
Los infect?logos del IMSS que arribaron al hospital realizan el an?lisis de los protocolos de salud y las normas oficiales del ramo, por lo que no han dado un dictamen certero y definitivo. The IMSS infectologists arrived at the hospital that performed the analysis of health protocols and standards branch official and therefore have not given a certain and definitive opinion.

Sin embargo, algunas observaciones giran en torno a la cercan?a del hospital con el r?o Coat?n, que atraviesa Tapachula, en el que muchos habitantes vierten sus desechos. However, some observations revolve around the proximity of the river Coat?n hospital, which crosses Tapachula, where many people dump their waste.

 

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s?bado, octubre 03, 2009
Mueren cinco ni?os por bacteria

Five children killed by bacteria


?ngeles Mariscal Angeles Mariscal

Tuxtla Guti?rrez, Chis., 02 de octubre. Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas., October 02. El hospital del IMSS de la ciudad de Tapachula, donde esta semana murieron cinco reci?n nacidos presuntamente a consecuencia de una bacteria, se encuentra a pocos metros del contaminado r?o Coat?n, mismo que en 2005 inund? por completo el hospital. The IMSS hospital in the city of Tapachula, where this week killed five infants allegedly due to a bacterium, is a few meters from the polluted River Coat?n, same as in 2005 flooded the entire hospital. Uno de los otros cuatro infantes contagiados contin?a grave. One of the four infected infants remains serious.

De acuerdo a la senadora Mar?a Elena Orantes L?pez, esta y otras posibles ?irregulares condiciones? en las que opera el hospital, fueron constatadas por el grupo de especialistas que arrib? al lugar para investigar las causas de los fallecimientos. According to Sen. Maria Elena Orantes Lopez, this and other possible "improper conditions" in that operates the hospital, were identified by the group of specialists arrived at the scene to investigate the causes of deaths.

El diagnostico previo que dieron los m?dicos de las probables causas de las muertes de los infantes, es la afectaci?n por una bacteria que a?n no se ha podido aislar. The previous diagnosis given by the doctors of the probable causes of deaths of infants, is involvement by a bacterium that has not yet been isolated. El grupo de especialista infect?logos del IMSS que arribaron al hospital, a?n realiza el an?lisis de los protocolos de salud y las normas oficiales del ramo, por lo que no han dado un dictamen certero y definitivo. The group of infectious disease specialist who arrived in the IMSS hospital, still performs the analysis of health protocols and standards branch official and therefore have not given a certain and definitive opinion.

Sin embargo una parte importante de sus observaciones gira en torno a la cercan?a del nosocomio con el r?o Coat?n, mismo que atraviesa la ciudad de Tapachula, y en el que un sector importante de la poblaci?n del lugar vierte sus desechos. But an important part of their comments revolve around the proximity of the river Coat?n hospital, even through the city of Tapachula, and in which a significant section of the local population discharges its waste.

El informe tambi?n puntualiza que durante las inundaciones de septiembre de 2005, este hospital result? completamente inundado por el mencionado r?o, lo que incluso lo inhabilit? durante varios meses. The report also points out that during the floods of September 2005, this hospital was completely inundated by the said river, so even disabled him for several months.

?Es inaceptable que (el nosocomio) est? localizado a un costado de un r?o contaminado (?) es urgente que sea reubicado porque opera en una zona de alto riesgo?, explic? Orantes L?pez, la secretaria de la Comisi?n de Salud del Senado de la Rep?blica. "It is unacceptable that (the hospital) is located next to a polluted river (...) it is urgent to be relocated because it operates at a high risk area," said Orantes Lopez, Secretary of the Senate Health Committee of the Republic.

Seg?n el ?ltimo reporte de la Secretar?a de Salud, aun sigue grave uno de reci?n nacidos que tambi?n fue contagiado por la bacteria. According to the latest report by the Ministry of Health, although still serious one because they too were infected by the bacteria. Otro fue dado de alta, y dos m?s progresan favorablemente. Another was released, and two more are progressing favorably. Hasta esta noche se mantiene en cinco el n?mero de infantes fallecidos. Until tonight remains at five the number of infant deaths.

 

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Chiapas: Infant death linked to bird droppings
?ngeles Mariscal, corresponsal Angeles Mariscal, correspondent
T uxtla Guti?rrez, Chis., 3 de octubre. T uxtla Gutierrez, Chis., Oct. 3. Trabajadores que participan en las labores de limpieza y desinfecci?n del hospital del IMSS en Tapachula encontraron un nido de palomas en un ducto roto de aire acondicionando que ventila el ?rea de cuidados intensivos donde fallecieron cinco reci?n nacidos, y una fuente que pidi? el anonimato dijo que los infect?logos y epidemi?logos que investigan las muertes ocurridas entre martes y mi?rcoles pasados creen posible un contagio por la diseminaci?n de part?culas del excremento de las aves. Workers involved in the cleaning and disinfection of the IMSS hospital in Tapachula found a nest of pigeons in a broken pipe air conditioning vent intensive care area where Five infants died, and a source who requested anonymity said that the infectious diseases specialists and epidemiologists investigating the deaths last Tuesday and Wednesday they believe possible contagion by the spread of particles from the feces of birds.

 

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This would explain the source of the contamination, but we still await the actual etiological agent.

http://www.expresochiapas.com/noticias/notas-de-portada/8130-deceso-de-recien-nacidos.html

Possible Cause, pigeon droppings
?ngeles Mariscal l Trabajadores del hospital del IMSS en Tapachula revelaron que localizaron un nido de palomas en el ducto de aire acondicionando que llega a la sala de cuidados intensivos donde esta semana fallecieron cinco reci?n nacidos. Angeles Mariscal l Workers IMSS hospital in Tapachula revealed that located a nest of pigeons in the air conditioning ducts reaching the intensive care ward where this week Five infants died. Explicaron que se analiza la posible contaminaci?n de la sala por el excremento de las aves. They explained that they discussed the possible contamination of the room by the excrement of birds.
Personal del hospital federal, quienes participan en las labores de limpieza y desinfecci?n, detallaron que al revisar los ductos de aire acondicionado, encontraron que este se encontraba roto en una de sus salidas. Federal hospital staff who participate in the cleaning and disinfection, detailed that you review the air conditioning ducts, they found that this was broken in one of his trips.
Ello permiti? que un grupo de palomas entraran a la secci?n del ducto, y anidaran ah?, lo que trajo como consecuencia que en el lugar hubiera restos de excremento, cuyas part?culas saldr?an por medio del aire acondicionado al resto del nosocomio, entre este la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales. This allowed a group of pigeons from entering the section of pipe, and nest there, which resulted in the place that had traces of excrement, whose particles would go through the air conditioning the rest of the hospital, between this Unit Neonatal Intensive Care.
Seg?n la fuente ?quien pidi? el anonimato- los especialistas infect?logos y epidemi?logos que investigan la muerte de los cinco reci?n nacidos muertos entre el martes y mi?rcoles pasado, analizan la posibilidad de una infecci?n por el excremento de las aves. According to the source, who requested anonymity, infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists investigating the death of five [newborns] between Tuesday and Wednesday, discussed the possibility of infection by bird droppings.

 

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The translator butchered this post, and the article wasn't that well written in Spanish, but the reference to "SEUDONOMA" I believe represents an identification of the bacterium involved: Pseudomonas.

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lunes 5 de octubre de 2009 Monday October 5, 2009
negligencia medica en IMSS IMSS medical malpractice in
LA IRRESPONSABILIDAD EN LOS HOSPITALES DEL IMSS NO PUEDE SER CALIFICADO MAS QUE NEGLIGENCIA Y DEBE SER CASTIGADA COMO TAL , PARECE INCREIBLE QUE SU FALTA DE PROFESIONALISMO LES HAYA COSTADO LA VIDA A 5 BEBES EN TAPACHULA. Irresponsibility IMSS HOSPITALS CAN NOT BE MORE QUALIFIED TO NEGLIGENCE AND SHOULD BE PUNISHED AS SUCH, YOUR seems incredible that they have been unprofessional killed 5 Infants in Tapachula.
Y es que en todo quirofano aparece la bacteria conocida como SEUDONOMA, que puede ocasionar severos problemas o hasta la muerte en los pacientes, es por esto que periódicamente se realizan labores para detectarlo y si lo encuentran realizan de inmediato desinfecciones de los quirofanos, sin embargo el alto costo de la desinfección y la falta de capacitacion de algunos especialistas ha ocasionado la muerte de pacientes incluidos los bebes de Tapachula, pero ahora resulta que para que no tengan consecuencias legales los trabajadores encargados de la limpieza en este hospital dicen que : And it appears that in every operating room the bacteria known as SEUDONOMA, which can cause serious problems or death in patients, which is why tasks are performed periodically to detect and if they are immediately fulfilled disinfection of operating rooms, however the high cost of disinfection and the lack of training of selected specialists has caused the deaths of patients included babies of Tapachula, but it turns out to have no legal consequences for workers responsible for cleaning the hospital say that:
encontraron un nido de palomas en un ducto roto de aire acondicionando que ventila el área de cuidados intensivos donde fallecieron cinco recién nacidos, y una fuente que pidió el anonimato dijo que los infectólogos y epidemiólogos que investigan las muertes ocurridas entre martes y miércoles pasados creen posible un contagio por la diseminación de partículas del excremento de las aves, found a nest of pigeons in a broken pipe air conditioning vent intensive care area where Five infants died, and a source who requested anonymity said the infectious diseases specialists and epidemiologists investigating the deaths last Tuesday and Wednesday they believe may contagion by the spread of particles in the feces of birds,
haganme favor, entonces deberan meter a la carcel a la paloma? haganme favor, then must get to jail the dove? O a los encargados de detectar los posibles virus “NOSOCOMIALES” para evitar infecciones? Or to those responsible for detecting potential [hospital-acquired] viruses to avoid infection?

 

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Tapachula IMSS Hospital at risk

After learning of the tragedy of the deaths of at least six children in Tapachula IMSS, Senator Maria Elena Orantes, in his capacity as Secretary of the Senate Health Committee, said this weekend in Tapachula, which will investigate background death of newborns, to dispel any doubts as to whether or not bacteria or virus within the hospital premises where the unfortunate events happened. It is expected that between Tuesday and Wednesday, are disclosed without the results of investigations into the incident which caused the death of these infants.

"It's troubling death of children and need to know thoroughly the reason of these situations occurred in children and also keeping others more serious." He said the lawmaker.

But the vital point is that it also recognized that the IMSS hospital in Tapachula is located in a geographical area of great risk, because it is near the river Coates, who in 2005 had deteriorated plant to get the dirty water to their hospital settings. The lawmaker warned that relocation is necessary.

The truth is that there is already an official statement for relocation and a pledge of 500 million pesos, but something is happening and national authorities have remained silent about this situation where the danger remains latent because apart from it was found technically that there is impairment in IMSS facilities in Tapachula, since 2005, it appears that the money was gone and nobody knows anything. How do they see?.

PD: Very unfortunate that the young federal legislator Roberto Albores Gleason, continue to lose the head with his arrogance and his classic rezongoner?a. It's very public his nasty disposition, and thus did not reach safe haven in a political career. A little humility and things will be different. Moreover many Alboreas have agreed that this young politician is a grumbler. So things.

 

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Consider the entire article bolded.

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IMSS Medical Malpractice
Date: 6 October 2009 Archive at: Home.


* Mothers of the babies died complain to Medical Arbitration.
* They ask for punishment for the Personnel of the Board of Neonatology .-


IMSS Medical Malpractice
Tapachula, Chiapas. 05 October .- With grave grief, parents of 3 infants who died between 27 and 28 September in the nursery of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), reported on Monday before the State Commission Conciliation and Arbitration Medical Chiapas and the Department of Medical Services and Complaints to the rightful owner of the Institute itself, the unfortunate death of the 5 infants, were mainly due to medical negligence on the part of staff in this room and the very poor measures hygiene that are practiced there.
Parents of baby Jesus Canseco Jose Figueroa, Axel Odete Jesus Diaz Molina and Ortiz Espinoza, who died on Sunday 27 at 14:45 and then at 15:00 hours on Monday 28 at 07:00 am,


Parents of babies who died presented their demand.
respectively, due to a germ uninsulated, which parents say was the cause of the deaths of their children also were not treated with promptness and responsibility more the case.
Renata Canseco, Jose Jesus boy's mother says that the medical diagnosis of death issued by the staff of IMSS was "disseminated intravascular coagulation, and isolated germ sepcis without severe perinatal asphyxia," and that despite the declarations of the delegate of the Institute Samuel Orrico Torres, who said, ensures that the deaths were due to the consequences of prematurity said "we are certain that the deaths of our babies were negligent of their handlers, not well attended but not reported in time the presence of


Death records agree on the diagnosis.
germ if they had not been able to avoid more deaths. "
Also, Maria Isabel Molina, who was the second mother to lose her newborn Axel de Jesus, said the care they received was very poor and not made on time the isolation of the germ or virus that attacked the young, while who reported that her baby was born premature and with 9 months old, so it is said that the deaths impnsable obey only the risks of prematurity.
She mentioned that her little son was born on September 20 presented a slight complication for which he was admitted to the neonatology area and said "my baby was developing well, he was not premature but it took a bit to get him out, therefore presented a complication But everything was normal until Sunday 27 tell me that was very serious and without further told me that he died saying he had been for disseminated intravascular coagulation and without germ sepcis isolated ", he said.
Moreover, the girl's mother Odete Ortiz Espinoza, who died on Monday 28 at 7 am, said the treatment he gave the case was bad, as it ensured that if he had been treating the virus which had been submitted and that was causing the deaths, the situation had been complicated, he said.
And is that true of the three mothers of dead children, hygiene conditions are not suitable since they ensure care staff are lacking in sanitation, "the nurses they spend on the phone, entering and leaving every few minutes, guards are put to the isolation room that is supposed to have children and do not cover, that might cause bacteria slinks "he said.
They said that last Friday staff were quoted by the IMSS delegation and received by the state delegate who just give their condolences and to inform them that the death of infants was due to causes of prematurity risk, besides that indicated no were given other indications as to whether he was going to continue investigating the real cause of the deaths.
In response, the mothers went to file a formal complaint to the authorities mentioned above to seek sanction to the medical and nursing staff, as well as to inform the public of the apparent negligence case in which 6 died newborns cause they said they are willing to explore and display to punish those responsible and prevent these deaths go unpunished and that if necessary, shall lend a criminal complaint before the Office of the Attorney General's Office. (THE ORB / Dorian Scott Vazquez) .