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On April 16, Ximena, a young woman from Hidalgo, was transferred to La Raza Hospital in Mexico City for follow-up after her lung was punctured when she was intubated at the General Hospital of Zone 36 of the IMSS in Pachuca. Next, we will tell you about her case.
Rosaura Bautista, Ximena’s mother, announced that in December 2023 her daughter Ximena began to have seizures, so they took her to a private clinic in her native Huejuta where they did an x-ray and tomography that did not reveal anomalies. She was only prescribed anti-seizure medications.
However, given the situation of Ximena, who had lost mobility in her arms and legs, her relatives chose to admit her to the DIF Children’s Hospital, where she had an encephalogram and on January 25 she was diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis. .
On January 28, Ximena was transferred to General Hospital 36 of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Pachuca due to lack of resources. Although Ximena was still talking and eating, she continued to have seizures and immobility in her legs and arm, and she began to have involuntary movements, which meant that an MRI could not be performed.
On February 8, they were finally able to perform this analysis, but the patient had fallen into a coma between the 1st and 2nd of the same month.
On March 1, the little patient couldn’t breathe, so doctors opted to intubate her, but in the process they punctured her lung. When they noticed her, the doctors placed a tube to drain the blood from the affected lung, and eight days later they extubated her, but left the tube because of the air that entered the lung.
After 15 days, the patient began to have an infection that, after being treated by the doctors, the hospital wanted to discharge the patient, even though she was still unconscious. Given this, Ximena’s mother filed a complaint for medical negligence against HGZ36.
The IMSS in Hidalgo announced through an information card that the minor was referred to the General Hospital of the National Medical Center (CMN) La Raza in Mexico City.
In this card, she detailed that the patient was diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, that she was provided with care as required by her health condition and that she was treated by specialists from different areas. However, no mention was made of her perforating her lung.
Currently, Ximena remains in a coma and is fed by a tube, her health condition remains serious and the investigation by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) for responsibility in the exercise of the functions of the doctors involved.
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Carlos Figueroa Rodríguez, attorney at law at Lex & Co. He has more than 10 years of experience in specialized cases involving medical malpractice and insurance claims. He is a graduate of the Universidad Anáhuac and has a Master’s Degree in Constitutional Law and Amparo from the National Bar Association. He also has a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences from the UCI Mexico. Professional license 6577215.
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