US EditionMinsal Will Perform Clinical Audit for Cases of Neurological Damage and Death of Venezuelan Children Undergoing Anesthesia - La Tercera
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The Society of Anesthesiology of Chile (SACH) issued an alert this Thursday. Through a statement disseminated by its social networks, the union revealed a worrying situation: five clinical cases of previously healthy children who, after undergoing surgery without apparent complications, did not wake up as expected or did with severe neurological involvement after undergoing general anesthesia. Although they did not occur in 2025, it was not unti…
The Ministry of Health (Minsal) reported this Thursday that it adopted a series of measures for the deaths of children and opened an investigation after a serious complaint made by the Society of Anesthesiology of Chile, SACH.The institution reported five cases of pediatric patients who died or were left with severe neurological sequelae after being subjected to general anesthesia in elective surgeries.Deaths of children without apparent clinica…
The Ministry of Health (Minsal) and the Institute of Public Health (ISP) investigate five cases between 2021 and July 2025, in which Venezuelan children with no foreseeable medical history died or were left with severe neurological sequelae following surgery under general anesthesia. Four of these minors died after procedures in which sevoflurane, a common anesthetic agent, was used, while the fifth was left with severe neurological sequelae. Sp…
On Thursday, the Chilean Anesthesiology Society (SACH) issued a public statement that reports at least five children affected with severe neurological involvement after having undergone an operation in some hospitals in the country. All children are Venezuelan nationals, so it is not ruled out that there is any associated epidemiological marker. According to the SACH, this information arises in response to a communication "from a particular prof…
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