Controversy over the Death of a Colombian Child Grows After Petro Divulges Medical History
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Controversy over the death of Colombian boy Kevin Acosta grew after President Gustavo Petro unauthorisedly published parts of his medical history
Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, faces a new controversy after the death of the boy Kevin Acosta, a Colombian minor of seven years.
The death of Kevin Acosta, seven years old, after suffering a fall and when the Colombian health system interrupted his treatment against the hemophilia that protected him from the blows, has led to an evasion of responsibilities. President Gustavo Petro, who on Monday had already discharged the responsibility on the child’s mother for allowing him to ride a bicycle, insisted on his posture at the edge of midnight on Tuesday. In a public interve…
The controversy over the death of the Colombian boy Kevin Acosta, seven years old, diagnosed with hemophilia, grew on Wednesday after President Gustavo Petro published unauthorised parts of his medical history, after holding the family responsible for the death for allowing him to practice sport.
Petro said that Kevin Acosta's mother rejected a recommended surgery and stated that the death of the minor is still under investigation. President Gustavo Petro, said that the mother of the hemophilic child Kevin Acosta, who died last week after not receiving a medication in time, rejected a surgery recommended by the doctors, and said that the responsibilities for his death must still be investigated. The death of the seven-year-old boy has ca…
Kevin Acosta went to the hospital and spent 24 hours in hospital because his nose and ear were bleeding, this after he hit his head when he fell off his bike in the Huila department in central Colombia. Unfortunately Kevin Arley died without being able to receive the treatment he needed to save him.
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