They denounce Maternity of Lima for the death of a baby

Complaint that Maternidad de Lima personnel committed medical negligence in childbirth assistance.

An 18-year-old boy, identified as Alexander Torres, denounced that personnel from the Lima Maternity Hospital committed medical negligence, causing the death of his newborn son.

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He traveled to Lima with his 16-year-old partner to receive better care for their baby, but both were mistreated by hospital doctors, according to his complaint.

According to her testimony given to Panamericana, the doctors knew that the mother had a high-risk pregnancy. However, they refused to give her a caesarean section, which would have caused the death of the baby.

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It all started when they arrived at the emergency area, where the medical staff took too long to provide his partner with a wheelchair. According to Alexander Torres, he had to find one to help his partner.

“We went through an emergency and the doctors took a long time to bring him a wheelchair: I had to run in to get one. They did a checkup and saw that he was 2 dilated. My partner was writhing in pain. My partner had a high-risk pregnancy, as well as a narrow pelvis; For this reason, I insisted (in) that, if she did not dilate, that they perform a cesarean section, but they did not pay attention to me, ”he narrated.

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During the second ultrasound performed on the woman, the newborn’s heartbeat was no longer heard; however, they waited an hour for the patient to break down and vomit.

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Just then, the doctors at the Maternity Hospital in Lima decided to give her a cesarean section.

“When they no longer heard the baby’s heartbeat, they waited another hour. It was not immediate. Just when my partner began to faint, they did a cesarean section, and they took my baby out dead, ”she recounted.

In order for the young couple not to report the alleged fact of medical negligence, the doctors of the Maternity Hospital in Lima would have tried to bribe them.

According to Torres, two doctors entered her partner’s room to convince her not to report the incident.

“Two doctors have entered to bribe her, to tell her to ask them for everything she wants so that the case stays there,” he said.

After seeking the version of the representatives of the Lima Maternity Hospital, Alexander Torres’ complaint was rejected and it was clarified that, during the ultrasound performed on the woman, the baby’s heartbeat was normal.

“During the ultrasound, the heartbeats have been normal. Unfortunately, during the first uterine contractions, there has been a detachment of the placenta, this can occur in some pathological cases”, replied Javier Correa, head of the hospital’s Emergency Department.

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