By The opinion
07 Nov 2023, 00:20 AM EST
The synthetic drug epidemic seems to have no limits and now two children are allegedly intoxicated with fentanyl They were treated at the Children’s Pediatric Hospital in Culiacán, Sinaloa, northern Mexico, where one died and the other was discharged;
To date, it is unknown how they ingested the substance, although the first versions suggest that the poisoning may have resulted from living with a person addicted to this drug or who has some type of drug abuse.
According to Cuitláhuac González Galindo, Secretary of Health of the state, Julián, a seven-month-old boy, arrived last Thursday night at the children’s hospital; the minor was intubated because he had already been treated at the Civil Hospital, where preliminary tests were performed that showed that he was intoxicated with the opioid.
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However, Due to the severity of the case, which caused pulmonary bleeding, he died at 5:40 a.m. on Friday.
Meanwhile, the child Damián N, 4 years old, was admitted to the hospital on Friday at 2 p.m. with drowsiness, weakness, salivation and difficulty breathing.due to mild to moderate poisoning caused by fentanyl, according to the toxicological tests performed.
Carlos Suárez commented that the minor is stable, evolved favorably during the hours of observation and was discharged this weekend.
The state official reported that both cases are not related to each otherbut, furthermore, there are no reports of other similar incidents of poisoning of children with this substance in the capital of Sinaloa or in another municipality.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. It is a major contributing factor to fatal and non-fatal overdoses in the US.
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