On Sunday, August 14, the residents and tourists of the Ubaté municipality (Cundinamarca), located in the north of the department, witnessed the death of a man while participating in the Blood Sausage Festival. The fatal victim would be 55 years old and, According to their relatives, they did not receive help from the organizers of the event. or the attendees.
According to the relatives, the man took some pieces of food to his mouth, when moments later he choked, thus losing control of his breathing, under these circumstances he fell from the main stage from where the entire event was taking place.
This situation alerted his companions who, seeing his desperation to breathe, asked the event organizers for help, who apparently did nothing regarding it. Likewise, they denounced that the municipal authorities did not arrive at the scene of the events, and that It took 30 minutes for an ambulance to come to his aid.
In the meantime, his relatives tried to help him with some basic first aid skills so that he might catch his breath. The man was transferred in serious condition to the municipal health center.
“He falls approximately two meters high and nobody gave him first aid. The only ones were the family members who were around at the time who helped him do the basics of resuscitation that I think we know regarding; the ambulance was delayed, there was no presence of police, firefighters, there was no one”, denounced Johana Pachón, who accompanied the victim to the event, in the local media The Ville.
After knowing the state of health of her relative, she chose to return to the Ubaté Market Square, where the gastronomic event took place. Over there He tried to present himself with those responsible for the festivity and find explanations as to why he was not given first aid care, To his questions, the only response received was that he should communicate with members of the National Police who were present at the scene.
“Three (in uniform) arrived and told me they wanted to know what had happened; I was upset demanding answers and They told me that I should wait for the Secretary of Health, who was already coming,” Johana Pachón reported to the aforementioned media.
As the woman continued speaking, at that moment she received a call from the medical center from which they indicated that they were performing resuscitation exercises on her, so she returned to the emergency room, During the journey they call her once more to inform her that her relative had died.
The relatives denounce that despite the fact that they requested information, both from the authorities and the organizers of the event, regarding the authorizations and the emergency control that a festival like this must have, they have not received any response or contact from any person. to be aware of the situation.
They They questioned why the organizers did not attend the emergency and if the festival had any contingency plan, since the man did not receive help and there were no health units at the time of the events.
“He choked, it was a public event where many eyes saw him, He drowned and there are witnesses.” said María Victoria Ortiz, wife of the deceased man.
For now, the Mayor’s Office of Ubaté reported that it is investigating what happened, since they await the results of the autopsy to issue a formal response.
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