The baby's body is still stiff because the nurse revives it thrice, the explanation of the nurse.The Valencias have already sent a complaint to the hospital's administration. But they still see the nurse on duty. They have also filed a complaint before the National Bureau of Investigation against the hospital for not taking action regarding their issue. They will also let the Department of Health know about the incident
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A two-year-old boy is in a critical condition after an alleged case of malpractice
Stephen Gabriel Valencia has Down Syndrome and Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect that
causes low oxygen levels in the blood and blue color to the skin. Thus, the term "blue baby."
Because of his condition, Valencia experiences irregular heart rhythms that prompted his parents, Tyrone
and Sarah, to have him confined at the hospital
They said he was getting better until a nurse allegedly did something wrong during his treatment.
Valencia's parents said they saw the nurse hastily putting a cannula or tube into the child's humidifier and
oxygen tank without checking the pressure. The doctor only instrcuted for the two-year-old for an X-Ray.
After the incident, the baby suddenly had a hard time breathing and water went out of his nose and mouth.
But, the nurse kept on pushing in the cannula.
His father, also a nurse, knew something was wrong. The father sees that the nurse kept on inserting the cannula and thinks that maybe the nurse is trying to give the baby oxygen but doesn't know what she is doing The baby's mouth is already full of bubbles and the baby is already turning black, the mother replied. It was only 15 minutes after that the baby was revived. But the parents said they are now worried that
Valencia's brain has been affected. The baby's body is still stiff because the nurse revives it thrice, the explanation of the nurse.The Valencias have already sent a complaint to the hospital's administration. But they still see the nurse on
duty.
They have also filed a complaint before the National Bureau of Investigation against the hospital for not
taking action regarding their issue. They will also let the Department of Health know about the incident.
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