Costa Blanca
Investigation in Torrevieja after six year old suddenly dies from Swine Flu virus
By m.p. - Nov 17, 2009 - 1:30 PM
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EFE
An undiagnosed health condition is suspected. In Málaga, a pregnant nurse has contracted the virus after she was allegedly refused leave from her hospital
The regional health department has opened an investigation into the sudden death from the H1N1 virus of a young boy in Torrevieja last week. The analyses which detected the presence of the virus have, it’s understood, also shown up indications of an underlying health condition which could not be diagnosed owing to his young age. The boy was six years old. No information has been released on the nature of his medical condition.
The child’s mother works in the administration department of the Torrevieja district hospital where the boy was rushed last Thursday morning. Diario Información said he arrived there unconscious, despite his father’s attempts to revive him during the journey to the hospital. Casualty doctors were unable to do anything to save the boy’s life.
On the Costa del Sol, El Mundo reports that a union has placed a complaint against the Social Security inspectorate after a pregnant nurse contracted the A flu virus at her place of work, the hospital in Antequera. They claim she was turned down when she applied for leave over the risk of contracting the virus from the patients in her care.
The SATSE nursing union also claims hospital management failed to transfer her to another department where there would have been no risk from the virus.