The National Health Service (SNS) sent to the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Public Health the list with the names and other specifications of the minors assisted in Public Network emergencies due to alcohol poisoning, on the days of Christmas Eve and Christmas.
He explained that, in total, 21 minors were treated for alcohol ingestion, among them, eight females and 13 males. Eight of them were 17 years old, six were 16, two were 15, two were 14, one was 13, one was 10 and one was 7.
Of the hospitals that reported poisoning in minors, two correspond to the Metropolitan Regional Health Service, two Valdesia, two Norcentral, three Nordeste, one Enriquillo, one East, one Cibao Central and one Cibao Occidental.
The director of Hospital Centers of the SNSDr. Yocasta Lara, specified that the information was sent to both entities, as instructed by the procedure for the Protection of the Rights of Minors.
Dr. Lara explained that doctors at health centers also notify cases immediately to the local prosecutor’s office at the time of assistance.
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