Jérica mourns the death of Emma, ​​the little girl who died of peritonitis: "They have taken away the most sacred things"

• Tragedy Emma's preventable death from peritonitis: a week of pain, three visits to the ER and not a test

Relatives, friends and neighbors of the town of Jérica (Castellón) have observed

this Saturday in memory of Emma, ​​the 12-year-old girl from the municipality who died of peritonitis.

"They have taken from us the most sacred," her parents have lamented.

The call promoted by the family, held at 11:00 a.m. in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, has brought together numerous people who have observed a minute of silence in memory of Emma and with the aim that if she dies "she does not fall into oblivion"

Municipal representatives of the consistory have also attended, including the mayor, Jorge Peiró.

"They have taken from us the most sacred, a little girl,

," lamented the mother of the little girl, visibly moved, in statements to the media, who denounced that Emma's death was "a negligence very fat".

"There is no right to this, I have all the parts, they have let her die," he said.

In this sense, she has shown her desire that Emma's case serve so that

.

"It is not fair and there is no right," she added.

The father has stated along the same lines: "We are going to give him space everywhere so that no more family breaks up because of this and so that nothing like this happens again."

And he has asked to "see what has happened" and, if appropriate,

so that this situation "does not affect anyone else."

Apart from this, he has indicated that the Ministry of Health has contacted the family, in response to which he has shown the family's willingness to meet with the minister,

.

"We are willing to clarify everything, for our health and for the whole world," he said.

"I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE"

Little Emma's grandfather, for his part, lamented that the family "has lost the best thing we had" and has asked that his granddaughter's case "serve as an example so that this does not happen again."

"In life we ​​are going to forget", she added. Likewise, he has appreciated that the Administration has given "the correct answer" and that Health has shown itself to be available to the family.

However, he has asked the Minister of Health to "look for solutions" and

.

"I would give my life for my granddaughter," he added.

The mayor,

, has shown the "shock" of the municipality at the tragedy and has assured that the residents are "very sad" after what happened.

"We are not used to seeing this situation, they are having a hard time, they are very affected because they know the family a lot," he said.

The municipal official, who has remembered Emma as a "very lively" girl, has stressed that the municipality and its neighbors

, a fact for which they have been "very grateful".

The Ministry of Health has opened an investigation after the death of the 12-year-old girl from peritonitis, after her parents took her on several occasions to the Viver health center and the Sagunto Hospital (Valencia), a reference in the area , without being detected or performing diagnostic tests, according to the family's complaint.

The vice-president spokesperson for the Generalitat,

, confirmed this Friday at the press conference after the plenary session of the Consell that, "as it could not be otherwise", the Ministry of Health has opened an investigation to "clarify the facts" of the death of the minor.

The girl, Emma, ​​was the

, an institution that has "deeply" regretted the death of the minor, which occurred last weekend, and held an extraordinary plenary session in which a day of mourning was decreed official and expressed the condolences and solidarity of the municipality with the girl's family.

According to published information, the family has publicly denounced negligence and

.

Her parents explained that the girl was feeling unwell and had abdominal pain, but she was sent home twice in a row at the health center, despite the fact that her mother reported a family history of appendicitis.

Days later and since she was not improving, they took her to the Sagunto Hospital emergency room, where they assure that they only did an analysis and no ultrasound despite the pain she was having and she returned home again.

The next day she worsened and at the Viver health center she lost consciousness and was sent to the Valencia Clinic, where

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