An 11-year-old girl transmits HIV reactive after surgery at Rancagua hospital

A complaint was lodged against the Regional Hospital of Rancagua after a girl has been detected HIV reactive after a tonsillectomy that they played in that same health center.

Now, the parents of those affected are waiting for the report from the Institute of Public Health to determine with certainty whether it is an 11-year-old who has contracted the disease.

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According to Biobiochile, the girl's family was happy because she had run the list and the girl was going to be operated on, but After the intervention, the test results showed that the child's health status was worse than before the operation.

The cause of the contagion was allegedly due to the defective sterilization of the material used, explained the deputy director of the Rancagua Hospital, Cecilia Pitrowski.

This detail would have been reported by a member of the police station, and that is exactly what This involved the possibility of infecting diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.

On the same day, another 15 children were successfully operated on the tonsils

Our associated media reported that the hospital had called for calm because they had said that the Santiago ISP had to confirm this result first and that "in most of these reviews, the results are negative afterwards ". They also stated that "there is no confirmed pathology in any of the children who have been treated during the same day".

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CeciliaPitrowski also reported that an internal summary had been initiated to define the responsibilities and inform the Office of the Prosecutor.

The minor's family is studying to lodge a complaint

While the parents of the minor They expect the ISP to publish the results of the exams, which take about 10 days., they are studying the possibility of complaining about the hospital that they are denouncing and they have not even offered any psychological support to deal with the disturbing situation.