He died on the bridge between Encarnación and Posadas, Jesús, a baby from Paraguay who did not receive sufficient medical care in his country and tried to travel to Argentina.

Matías Jesús, was born in Encarnación, Paraguay, with 30 weeks of gestation. Shortly after arriving in the world, an abnormality was detected in the heart and put his life in danger. The doctors and the parents of the child could not benefit from an intensive therapy bed in the department of Itapúa. With the help of the government of the province of Misiones, a place was obtained in a private sanatorium. But the baby could not arrive on time.

Matías Jesús and his mother, Rocío Milagros Mendoza, had to be treated urgently, but they found no answers in Paraguay's health system. The case generated by these hours, the indignation of the inhabitants of Encarnación who complain about the little investment that the government intends for public health. The reaction was more acute when we learned that there was no public sector ambulance to transport the baby to Posadas. A cell phone from a private health system imposed fees of one thousand dollars for the transfer, an exorbitant figure for the modest family embodied.

From Misiones and at the request of the incarnated doctors, the deputy Martin Cesino, the Minister of Public Health, Walter Villalba, and even the Minister of the Government, Marcelo Pérez, took part in the affair. In Posadas, the professionals waited for the parents and the child. But the patient could only reach half of the San Roque González bridge in Santa Cruz. Matías Jesús died after two cardiac arrests.

In dialogue with Misiones on Line, Minister Villalba confirmed the facts and said that in Encarnación, there was no place for such small babies. "At the moment, we have another patient in the same conditions as Encarnación and two other Eldorado who must be transferred to Posadas," said the official. "The public and private health system in Posadas is an example in this respect, and in both neonatology and the new maternity hospital, we are working in an exemplary way and this is partly what has allowed Misiones to reduce mortality data. infant, "said the Minister of Health.

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