SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico (WKRC) — A grieving family in Mexico is trying to pick up the pieces after losing a young girl twice.
Three-year-old Camila Martinez Mendoza was taken to a pediatrician on Aug. 17 for stomach pain, vomiting, and a fever.
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3-year-old girl declared 'dead' wakes up at funeral, dies again
by WKRC Staff
Monday, August 29th 2022
FILE - Coffin. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico (WKRC) — A grieving family in Mexico is trying to pick up the pieces after losing a young girl twice.
Three-year-old Camila Martinez Mendoza was taken to a pediatrician on Aug. 17 for stomach pain, vomiting, and a fever.
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The doctor reportedly diagnosed her with dehydration and advised her mother, Mary Jane Mendoza, to take her to the Salinas de Hidalgo Basic Community Hospital.
At the hospital, her mom says, doctors placed a cold towel on her to lower her body temperature, and measured her oxygen levels, before releasing her with a prescription for paracetamol to treat her pain and fever.
However, Camila's condition only became worse, so the family got a second opinion. That doctor apparently told her mom to give her non-sweet fruits and water and prescribed a different medication.
The toddler continued to vomit, and her family eventually brought her to the emergency room at Salinas.
“They wanted to give her (intravenous therapy). They took a long time to put oxygen on her,” Mary Jane said. “They didn’t put it on her because they couldn’t find her little veins; finally, a nurse managed it.”
After about 10 minutes, she said, the staff removed the IV and took her to a separate, locked room to get some rest.
“She still was hugging me," said Mary Jane. "They took her away and told me, ‘You have to let her rest in peace.'"
But later, doctors told her Camila had died from dehydration.
A funeral was arranged for her the next day.
During the viewing, Mary Jane says she noticed the window of the glass coffin started fogging up.
She says other guests told her she must be hallucinating and shouldn't open the lid.
But Camila's paternal grandmother apparently went to get a closer look after seeing the toddler's eyes moving and noticing there was a pulse.
First responders rushed her to the hospital and began performing life-saving measures.
Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful, and Camila was pronounced dead from dehydration, metabolic failure, and cerebral edema – swelling in the brain.
“That was really where my baby was done. We are devastated because my girl was a very happy person. She got along with everyone, she didn’t single anyone out,” Mary Jane said. “We have many people on the ranch who support us because she was cherished.”
Mary Jane says she is filing a lawsuit against the hospital, accusing the staff of negligence for allegedly declaring Camila dead too soon.
“What I really want is for justice to be served. I have no grudge against the doctors [who] went to extreme [measures],” she said. “I only ask that the doctors, nurses, and directors be changed so that it does not happen again.”
