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

"It is evident that when a young person dies in these circumstances we have not done something right."

In this way, the Valencian president, Ximo Puig, has admitted errors in the case of the death of Emma, ​​the girl from

Jérica

(Castellón) who died last Monday from "purulent peritonitis" in what her family considers medical negligence, since he went to the emergency room up to three times with pain without being tested.

The minor's parents have already announced that they will take legal action against the

Ministry of Health

, which has opened its own investigation.

As Puig has revealed, the Minister of Health himself,

Miguel Mínguez

, has been in contact with the family and has ordered the opening of a file to find out "the itinerary and the failures that may have occurred."

The president, who happened to be at the

General Hospital of Castellón

this Monday, has insisted that the Generalitat is "absolutely open to dialogue" and to "support the family as much as possible, which has every right in the world to be at this moment in a significant high degree of indignation".

Of course, he recalled that these cases "unfortunately happen", although "professionals always do the best they can".

However, the opposition is already pointing to some political responsibility in this tragic event that has shocked an entire people.

The president of the Valencian PP, Carlos Mazón, has shown his respect and has advocated prudence with "a duel in between", but has advanced that his party will request "an investigation, an explanation and an assumption of responsibility".

Along these lines, Ciudadanos has registered a question in plenary session of the

Courts

for the Consell to give explanations for possible negligence.

His spokesman for Health,

Fernando Llopis

, demands "transparency in what happened" so that "very serious events like this do not happen again."

"The important thing is to make the event as transparent as possible and demand action from the President of the Generalitat to improve health care and prevent this type of death," Llopis stressed.

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