A 3-month-old baby used an improvised oxygen mask, made from disposable cake packaging, when admitted to a hospital in the city of Santa Cruz, in Rio Grande do Norte.
A CNN , Kadja Juliane reported that she went to the hospital with her son, who had difficulty breathing. The minor was suspected of having bronchiolitis when he was admitted, on Saturday (8).
According to the patient’s mother, in order not to worsen the child’s respiratory discomfort, hospital professionals developed an improvised technique, which resulted in an improvement. There was only one mask in the unit, which was not suitable for him.
Furthermore, Kadja reported that her son uses a colostomy bag, has hydrocephalus, which is the accumulation of fluid in some brain cavities, and has Dandy-Walker syndrome, which is a brain malformation.
After the situation, the child was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Hospital Infantil Varela Santiago, in Natal, this Monday (10).
Wanted by CNN the State Department of Public Health of Rio Grande do Norte reported in a note that “it does not have data regarding the case.”
*Under the supervision of André Rigue
Source: CNN Brasil
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