MIAMI, United States. – A boy aged two years and five months was electrocuted in the La Test batey, in the Pedro Betancourt People’s Council, in Matanzas, after touching a grounded downspout of a transformer of the electro-energy system, reported on Facebook the official newspaper Giron.
That medium also specified that the residents of the batey urgently transferred the child to the “Dr. Cesareo Sanchez.
“The little boy arrived at the guard room in cardiorespiratory arrest and his resuscitation was immediately carried out,” he told Giron Dr. Yenisleydis González Prendes, director of the medical institution.
Likewise, that source specified that for an hour the medical personnel present at the polyclinic remained providing care to the child and, in addition, “in constant exchange with specialists from the Provincial Pediatric Hospital and the Maternal and Child Care Program.”
“The time of death was determined to be 6:00 pm and the case was taken over by Forensic Medicine. At this time, the relevant investigations are being carried out at the scene in order to clarify the causes,” the report indicates.
this week too it was news the death of two minors in Playa Sardinero, Santiago de Cuba. Then, the two teenagers drowned after being dragged by a sea current, according to the official newspaper Granma.
According to the report, the incident occurred around 11:00 in the morning on Monday, April 18. The deceased are Elio Febrier Sain Felix, 15 years old, and Elizabeth Cisneros Bou, 17 years old. Both lived in the city of Santiago de Cuba.
According to eyewitnesses, the two teenagers enjoyed themselves with the family in the small resort located on the east coast of the city of Santiago. “Everything indicates that around noon the minors were dragged by a sea current that caused their death,” he details. Granma.
According to that medium, authorities of the criminal investigation body of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) in the province continued the investigative process on Tuesday to clarify the causes of the tragic event.
Although the note from the official media is concise, Aris Arias Batalla, head of Operations and Relief of the Provincial Health Directorate of Santiago de Cuba, offered more details about the event on Facebook.
According to Arias Batalla, three youths and four adolescents were involved. The unfortunate event occurred in an undeclared bathing area, in Sardinero Beach, that source specifies.
Ángel Bou Tejeda, a relative of the deceased, assured that they were all bathing in an area where they could walk “when suddenly they felt something dragging them to where they could no longer walk. It all happened very quickly.”
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