The baby needs to go into intensive care.
A week-old baby was diagnosed with chikungunya and urgently needs to be admitted to intensive care. The search was carried out in several hospitals, but there is no place.
In the Fernando de la Mora Hospital, inside a common room, The little patient infected with chikungunya is hospitalized through her mother, during pregnancy, as confirmed by the doctors.
The baby girl He started with a fever on Sunday and was admitted to said hospital that day at 1:30 p.m. He presented a slight improvement, but yesterday he decompensated and urgently requires a bed in intensive care.
Don Osmar Leiva, the girl’s father, explained that the doctors requested place in Itauguá, San Pablo, Red Cross, among others, but so far, they have achieved nothing.
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“They have already knocked on many doors and They told us that we should also look for ourselves, we are desperate, the only thing that can save him is therapy “the father commented, in an interview with NPY.
Although he is stable, the disease affected his lungs and he also has tachycardia.
The phone number, in case anyone knows of a place in therapy, is 0982 37 49 36. The family is from Capiatá, Km 23, route I.
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