During the afternoon of Thursday, June 8, at the health post in zone 3 of Quetzaltenango, an incident was recorded that involved a woman, who was seeking medical assistance for her underage daughter. But at the time of assigning the turn to receive the requested care, lost control and caused damage to the scene.
According to a doctor from the Health Center, the woman arrived hours before the closing of attention, so there were still patients to be seen. In this sense, she was assigned the third shift, since there were two people who arrived before.
In addition, he indicated that the woman required medical attention for her daughter, which had bites and scratches caused by a cat. One of her mother’s demands was that hee a dose of the rabies vaccine will be administered to the affected person; In addition, he demanded that the injuries to the minor be treated.
However, when she was not attended to immediately, the woman got angry and threw documents that were in the facilities of the care center to the ground; also tried to attack medical personnel, including nurses, with scissors.
The person also carried matches with which tried to set fire to several posters that were in the place. Faced with this situation, the authorities of the Health Center requested help from the National Civil Police (PNC), but upon arrival at the site, the woman stopped causing damage, so she could not be consigned.
📹 Documents and cards were destroyed by a person who came to ask for a rabies vaccine at the Health Post in zone 3 of #Xelathere were threats and attacks, no major damage to the infrastructure of the place is reported.
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In between the documents that were damaged are the vaccination cards of minors and the records of the patients attended by the Health Center. Despite this situation no infrastructure damage reported.
The doctor also indicated that on Thursday they filed a complaint with the PNC and that this Friday, June 9, during the morning, it was rectified before the Public Ministry (MP), for which They are waiting for the authorities to carry out the pertinent investigations..
It should be noted that previously the aforementioned Health Center was a Permanent Care Center (CAP), so it was open 24 hours. However, The position is currently open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m..
Given what happened, the staff set up a temporary clinic in another area of the Health post, this in order to avoid the suspension of medical care to patients.
2023-06-09 20:31:35
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