The senator by duarte province and also a spokesman for the PRM in the Senate, Franklin Romero, expressed his sorrow for the death of a one-year-old boy, who was under the care of a Center for Comprehensive Early Childhood Care (Caipi), in San Francisco de Macoris.
“It is with deep regret that we have received the dismal and heartbreaking news of the death of an infant at the Centro CAIPI of the Pueblo Nuevo sector, of this municipality of San Francisco de Macorís. We, the parents, are never prepared to receive news like this,” the legislator said in a press release.
He described as very shocking the news of the death of the infant identified as Maikel Esmil Castro Álvarez, one year and 10 months old, while expressing his condolences to the parents, Kaileny Álvarez and Manuel Castro.
The legislator asked the competent authorities to investigate in depth the circumstances surrounding the death of the child, who would have died when he fell into a bucket of water in the center Caipi of the Pueblo Nuevo sector, in the aforementioned locality.
“In that sense, the circumstances surrounding the event must be investigated with due responsibility, according to the protocol that must be carried out in the safety of children in these children’s centers, which are supposed to be of extreme security,” said the official. senator.
According to the certificate of the medical examiner acting in the case, the minor died of suffocation by immersion.
“We ask the parents and relatives in these circumstances of great sorrow and full pain, receive our condolences, and we pray that God grant the comfort that only he knows how to give in these terrible circumstances, knowing that he will welcome this sublime child soul in his bed. For our part, we make ourselves fully available to the family, in everything that may be useful in this tragic event,” added the congressman.
