Álvaro Cruz, director of the Regulatory Center for Urgencies and Emergencies (Crue) of Cartagena, confirmed that the little boy died at 12 in the morning this Sunday, September 25, following being admitted to the Doña Pilar Intensive Care Unit, of the Children’s Hospital Napoleón Franco Pareja – Casa del Niño at noon on Friday.
Cruz had explained that the little boy was found floating by some people and taken in a taxi to the Bocagrande Hospital where he managed to be revived following suffering a heart attack. From that care center he is referred to the Casa del Niño, where he remained under the observation of specialists following being admitted as a case of “non-fatal drowning”. However, Jesús Alberto fought but his strength did not give him and he died.
This is the second case of death of a child under 5 who dies following falling into the waters. In La Boquilla, a child, also 5 years old, died in a pipe following the apparent carelessness of the adults who accompanied him. Also on Friday.
