Diallo Sissoko, 21 years old, landed in Madrid in mid-September. The young migrant, from Maliarrived in the Canary Islands this summer, after a long route in a cayuco, escaping the war in which his country is immersed. Diallo had been complaining of intense chest pain for several days.. In addition, he had discomfort in one leg and his blood pressure was lower than normal. The young man died this Monday in Emergency, Reception and Referral Center (CAED) of Alcalá de Henaresafter a week “under observation” and with painkillers. The autopsy will determine the causes of his death, but those around him recognize that “everything points to a medical negligence“.
The NGO Accem, responsible for the management of the center, assures that Diallo was transferred to the Prince of Asturias University Hospital (HUPA) of Alcalá de Henares on October 15, after pain in the chest and leg subsided. “[El joven] went back to the device with prescription painkillers –paracetamol and ibuprofen–, but without antibiotics, despite having a non-pneumonic respiratory infection, according to the emergency diagnosis. Two days later, he continued to have discomfort in his leg; We provide you with a crutch and continue with the recommended treatment by the doctors,” they point out Public from the center.
The next day, that is, 72 hours after the first visit to the hospital, the CAES health services They increased the prescribed dose of painkillers, because the pain continued. The Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid he throws balls out and says he has complied with the protocols. “The patient did not have a lung infection, but rather an upper respiratory tract infection. There was no indication for antibiotic therapy. There were no inflammatory signs in the knee either,” department sources point out.
This Monday, seven days after the diagnosis, the young man showed up at the camp infirmary because “he was still in pain.” The center’s health personnel kept him “under observation” until “his blood pressure began to drop a lot” and he went into cardiorespiratory arrest. At that moment, they called the ambulance. Doctors tried to revive Diallo, both at the facility and at the hospital, but they could do nothing to save his life. “The actions of the HUPA were correct at all times.. The patient was referred to the vital unit, where cardiopulmonary resuscitation was attempted for three hours and 45 minutes, making its reversal impossible,” the Ministry maintains.
The NGO confirms in a conversation with this medium that during the last week there were no no doctor in the centerbut nursing staff. On September 30, the contract with the company that provided health care had ended and Accem was at an “impasse” to assume these functions. “The Ministry does not require us to have a doctor, but we consider it important to offer better care to users,” the organization states. The CAES of Alcalá de Henares currently welcomes 1,518 migrants.
It took hours for his colleagues to learn of his death.
Diallo Sissoko arrived on September 15 to the peninsula, after more than two weeks in another macrocamp in Tenerife. The young man left Mauritania with a friend, who was transferred to a reception center in Mérida. “This boy tried to contact Diallo, but the phone was not working. He threatened to go on a hunger strike if they didn’t tell him what was happening. At the center, it took several hours to receive confirmation of his death“they lament from the AVV Alcalá Hostswho works daily with the device’s users. The first alarms went off when the ambulance took the young man away and his colleagues saw that he did not return.
The association denounces that “some kids were not referred to the hospital“due to the “reluctance” of those responsible for the camp and remember that, until a few months ago, there was a limit of three appointments a day. “Health care is a real disaster. Many times it is us [las voluntarias de Alcalá Acoge] who took them to the emergency room. It is important to highlight that many come to Europe with illnesses that they cannot deal with in their countries of origin,” add sources from the platform. The Madrid municipality camp has capacity for more than 1,500 people.
Didi Paredesdeputy for Más Madrid and co-spokesperson for Family and Social Affairs, asks to investigate the facts and criticizes the maneuvers of the administrations involved to avoid assuming their part of the blame. “Life is above everything and the competent bodies, both regional and state, must get to work to work together and provide adequate coverage. Instead of joining forces to guarantee rightsit seems that they are fighting to see who can absolve themselves of responsibility,” he emphasizes.
The jurisdictional puzzle makes the investigation of the facts even more difficult: The management of the CAES is the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Security and Migrationbut the Príncipe de Asturias University Hospital belongs to the health network of the Community of Madrid. “The state reception structure has deficiencies and failures that cannot be ignored. This has to be investigated, although everything points to possible medical negligence“insists Didi Paredes. Más Madrid has registered several questions in the Assembly to ask for explanations and clarify the death of the young Malian.
This situation is not new andComplaints about the care migrants receive in the reception centers They are common both in the Canary Islands and on the peninsula. In March, without going any further, a 22-year-old Moroccan young man died in a camp managed by the Red Cross in San Fernando de Henares (Madrid). “The Prosecutor’s Office opened proceedings, but finally closed the case because it saw no evidence of a crime. The death of Diallo Sissoko must be investigated so that it is the last“say the sources consulted by this newspaper.
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