Victoria, a six-year-old girl, was transferred from Cancún to the Hospital the Race, of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Located in Mexico City, just over five days after suffering one stroke.
The minor was diagnosed with a stroke, after the August 19, during the passage of the hurricane Thanks, Began to vomit, so the morning on Thursday, her parents took her to the Specialty Clinic number 17 to Cancun.
Later it was transferred to Merida, so that it received the necessary medical attention; but because of the lack of medical equipment and supplies, Her parents, Víctor Ocampo and Gabriela Aguilar, decided to take her to Mexico City to be cared for.
the IMSS authorized the relocation of the minor on August 24th, But only by land, ie by ambulance, because on a plane the minor could have high blood pressure, which would worsen their health.
Victòria Ocampo Aguilar is expected to arrive at La Raça Hospital today, around 16:00, to be treated.
Relatives and friends of the minor have asked for support from the public so that the ambulance in which the minor is transported is not interrupted by traffic, so through social media, they have joined the # cedeelpasoavictoria.
Victoria hopes to be operated on at La Raça Hospital
On August 26, Victoria Ocampo was assessed in the morning by neurosurgeon Emilio of La Raça Hospital, who told parents that the child would undergo new medical studies prior to surgery, one of them (angiography) in order to determine if there is any restriction in blood flow that goes to the heart, because “it is very premature to have surgery,” said Father Victor Ocampo MILLENNIUM.
So far, after the IMSS covered the costs of transporting the ambulance from Cancun to Mexico City, where the driver and co-pilot were traveling on board, as well as two nurses and the mother, as well as the expenses on the trip, now the parents have had to pay for the hospital expenses as well as their maintenance and residence in the capital.
Currently relatives of the hospitalized child do not know how long they will stay in Mexico City and how they can meet the costs of returning to Cancun.
FLC