The Minister of Health of the Board of Castilla y LeónAlejandro Vázquez, said today that open investigations after death of a person with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SHE) in the community «temporarily coincided with the blackout“, yes ok “It had nothing to do with”.
This has been assured of moments before the sign of a protocol in Valladolid to promote photovoltaic self -consumption facilities in hospitals and health centers.
In the last Governing Council, the counselor and spokesman, Carlos Fernández Carriedo, who has also participated today in the signing of this protocol, explained that the Board had opened an investigation for the death of this person who needed from a mechanical ventilation system Home
“We have investigated and I can tell you that it is a death that temporarily coincided with the blackout but that there was nothing to do with that blackout,” said the head of Healthin statements collected by Europa Press.
On the other hand, Efe reports that the deceased person pressed the telecare call, but when the basic life support arrived he had already died.
In Castilla y León there are 3,500 people with mechanical ventilation at home, whose battery lasts between six and nine hours. In addition, the Board serves other 16,000 patients in their homes with oxygen therapy.
during the blackout there was another death of another person with ELA, admitted to a UCI of a community hospital, who died without any loss of electrical connection to continue receiving the treatment.
