Confirm the death of 9 babies at the Morelos hospital

Cuernavaca.- Ángela Patricia Mora González, secretary of state health, confirmed the death of nine newborns at the General Hospital José G. Parres, and that in four of the fourteen among them the presence of the bacterium Klebsiella has been confirmed pneumoniae

However, Mora González said that the causes of death are multifactorial, so the bacterium does not represent the cause of death by itself.

The death of the five other newborns, explained the secretary, was not due to the presence of bacteria, but to typical situations of their disease at birth, such as heart disease or metabolic problems .

The deaths of children were reported by mothers from the municipalities of Cuernavaca, Zapata. and Temixco, central area of ​​the state, which said the deaths occurred between the last week of June and July 1.

Women said that more than 10 deaths occurred and that Medical staff said that there would be about fifteen deaths, but the Ministry of Health said that there were nine new born in vulnerable conditions, because most were between 27 and 32 weeks of gestation, while the normal is 40 years.

died babies were studied by the staff of the General Directorate of Federal Epidemiology, Morelos and Parres Health Services, since last Thursday.

The work included an in-depth review of the clinical records of each newborn, causes of admission to the Neonatal Special Care Unit (UNCEN), medical treatment, and factors associated with his death. , such as critically ill, premature and severely ill patients (intracranial hemorrhage, congenital malformations, respiratory failure, acute renal failure and sepsis) neonatal)

Measures taken from the first moment were also analyzed. To assist with cases and laboratory results, which confirmed the presence of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae in four of the nine dead babies.

Mora González said that as part of the preventive actions, new income is currently limited to UCEN, for which work has been coordinated with other hospitals to ensure safe obstetric care for pregnant women.