The Justice of the province of Cordova investigate the circumstances why a 9-year-old boy tested positive for cocaine in the early hours of this Monday when his parents took him to the Eva Perón Southwest Provincial Hospital for a feverish picture. The boy remains hospitalized, but is out of danger, as reported this morning by the authorities of the health center located in the capital city.
Police sources consulted by Infobae They stated that the minor’s parents took him to the hospital on their own at around 12:30 a.m., because he had several lines of fever.
Once at the scene, various medical tests were performed, including a cocaine test that turned out to be positive. Consequently, the child was hospitalized for observation.
He Dr. Guillermo Checchidirector of the Eva Perón hospital, specified that the minor “was admitted for a atypical seizure“, as the family mentioned, and based on that symptom, a “Substance screening and it was seen that he had elimination of cocaine in urine”.
“It was a surprise to the parents, apparently because of a third person who could have done this. “For a boy of that age, he may have used,” said Checchi in dialogue with the news program “Arriba Córdoba” (The twelve).
When asked about the method of cocaine ingestion, the professional could not give certainty but estimated that it was “by inhalation.” And in that sense, he added: “The parents brought him on their own because he had a strange tremor, which they interpreted as a seizure, so all the studies were done and it was determined that he had pneumopathy in the right lung”. And as for the amount she could have consumed, the doctor could not provide certainty given that the test performed on the child is not quantitative, it is qualitative. However, he estimated: “Apparently it was a significant intake”.
“The minor is in good health. He remains hospitalized because he came with lung disease, which is what is being treated with oxygen therapy. “He is evolving well,” he concluded in a conversation with radio. Chain 3.
According to police sources, the minor’s father revealed to the professionals that The boy’s mother and another of her children have addiction problems.
Finally, Dr. Cecchi confirmed that the child had no history of hospital admissions for drug use.
The investigation was left in the hands of Dr. Tomás Casashead of the Prosecutor’s Office of Judicial District No. 2, Shift 7, and because he is a minor, the Secretariat of Children, Adolescents and Family.
A similar case was recorded at the end of last April in the town of Maipú, Mendoza, where A 5-year-old boy ended up hospitalized after the detection of cocaine in his blood. The pediatrician who assisted him warned that the minor had a condition of “psychomotor excitement” and “conjunctival injection” (red eyes).
After carrying out the required checks, it was discovered that the minor had drugs in his system, so the professionals decided to analyze the mother and father: the positive result confirmed that They had also used cocaine.
Through a statement, the hospital detailed that the patient, aged five years and four months, arrived at the establishment with a fever that had been going on for a week. After detecting that there was something else, it was decided to admit him and request “complete analysis, urine and toxic tests.”
“At the current time – April 29, 11:14 a.m. – PPMI is being evaluated and the ETI Maipú has already been notified by telephone,” he concludes. According to the Noticias Argentinas (NA) agency, the father indicated that his son continued to feed on breast milk, while the woman was a consumer of the stimulant. In this sense, the hypothesis is that poisoning may have occurred through breastfeeding.
