A two-year-old baby, identified as Grisell Peña Rondón, lost her life after importing medicine for veterinary use, after being given to her by mistake by her grandmother in the town of San Luis , the province of Santiago de Cuba.
According to the independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada, the small Labiomec was swallowed, a medicine to eliminate parasites, which is designed for animals such as cows, sheep, dogs and cats.
The correspondent says that the maternal grandmother realized her mistake after the little girl started showing discomfort.
Grisell was urgently transferred to the Children’s Hospital of the North, called “La Ondi” by residents, where she died despite the efforts of the medical staff, after a week of fighting for her life .
According to one of the doctors present, who asked to remain anonymous, the doctors did everything they could, but the medication caused several of the child’s organs to begin to fail. failing.
“We did everything we could, but he had multiple organ failures. “
Since being admitted, the child has been showing a rapid decline in health, because the poisoning was too strong.
Also, they pointed out that the little one could not be transferred to another hospital because of his delicate state of health, which became worse as the days went on.
“She could not be moved to the colony, the girl came in a bad condition and we treated her here, but she got worse every day,” said the anonymous source.
The post reveals that the child will be held at the local funeral home in the town, where neighbors and friends are expected to come to offer condolences and join the affected family.
According to the residents of the area, the situation became too complicated because there were no vehicles to transport the little girl.
“There wasn’t even a horse to transport that creature to the colony, the lack of respect in Cuba, my condolences to his entire family,” wrote Internet user Yuya Caballero in the comments section.
Another Facebook user shared the story of a neighbor who ingested the same veterinary medicine, which almost cost her her life. According to her story, the woman was aware that it was a medicine that was not recommended for human use, but she wanted to be spoiled anyway.
“Then he started having tachycardia, nausea, mouth cramps, abdominal pain and a massive headache, he almost died,” he said.
