The National Institute of Migration (INM) issued a migration alert for the owners of the private hospitals where the meningitis outbreak originated in Durango.
The alert is in the name of Guillermo Enrique “N”, Ilse Janet “N”, José Miguel “N”, Sandra Idanes “N”, David Erasmo “N”, Dora Manuela “N” and Luis Carlos “N”, who are accused of homicide and aggravated injuries.
Through a statement, the INM explained that the alert arises after the arrest warrants against the accused.
“Derived from the arrest warrants against him for the probable commission of the crimes of homicide and aggravated injuries, after the death of more than 20 people due to cases of meningitis in four private hospitals in the state of Durango,” the statement reads.
The purpose of the migratory alert is to verify, register and inform the respective authorities about the entry-exit movements of such persons at international transit points.
The Durango Prosecutor’s Office obtained seven arrest warrants against administrators and owners of private hospitals in the state. It also obtained the precautionary seizure of 17 buildings to guarantee the reparation of the damage to the victims, including private hospitals where anesthesia injection procedures were performed and that were contaminated by a fungus, which initiated the outbreak of meningitis cases, according to what was reported by health and state authorities.
Meningitis in Durango
According to the Ministry of Health, as of December 7, 23 deaths and 71 confirmed cases of this disease have been reported.
The Undersecretary of Health, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, clarified that it is not a disease that will spread because it is not transmitted from person to person.
On November 30, state and federal health authorities said that the contamination in the surgical procedure was caused by the fungus fusarium solani, so they requested the analysis of several medications.
The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) ruled out the presence of the fungus fusarium solani in medicines related to meningitis cases in Durango.
“The samples analyzed have been reported within Specification in all tests. And it is delivered as a result that the presence of Fusarium solani was not detected in the samples of drugs in which the PCR test was performed. ”
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