December 17, active 12-year-old girl from California died shortly after she put the wrong diagnosis — influenza is infection.
Alissa Alcaraz died at Delta Medical Center in Висейлиb (California) in just a few days after she was diagnosed with the flu. According to the girl’s mother Kayla Lino Alcaraz, the little patient was sent home, by ordering the taking ibuprofen and rest for 7-10 days.
Meanwhile, the death certificate said that Alyssa died from cardiac arrest and septic shock, which is a sharp reaction of the organism to infection.
Before getting sick, Alissa seemed perfectly healthy. According to the mother, her daughter sang in the choir, was very catchy and fun.
The mother of the deceased girl told reporters that he is not going to bring the case to court, but wants doctors across the country have been developing a special test, which would further protect children and adults from death from sepsis.
«I have mixed emotions. I know that doctors and hospitals are really overloaded due to cases of influenza. It is my right. Yes, I could point the finger. But, as a mother, I also made the omission,» said Kayla Lino Alcaraz.
«Sepsis is, unfortunately, common. If you look at the numbers, it is the third most common cause of death in the United States,» — said in an interview with ABC News, Greg Martin, a physician from the Medical school of Emory University in Atlanta.
The medic stressed that sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to local infection — often mistaken for the flu. According to the US Centers for control and prevention of diseases, from sepsis annually in the country dies about 250 thousand people.
A spokeswoman for the hospital drew Kunai, citing «privacy laws of patients» to discuss the case Alyssa refused.
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