Argentine justice identified eleven new fatal victims for the medical use of contaminated fentanyl in different hospitals in the country and thus raised the total number of deaths for this cause to at least 87as reported to EFE judicial sources on Tuesday.
Of the eleven new deaths identified, three come from a hospital in the city of Formosaone of a clinic in the province of Córdoba and seven from a medical institute of the city of Santa Fe.
According to research sources, these are patients who died after being infected with multirresistant bacteria found in fentanyl ampoules produced by the Argentine Laboratory HLB.
Now the technical confirmation of the Malbrán Institute, designated to carry out the expertise in this case, to officially add them to the epidemiological bulletin.
In addition to these eleven new fatalities, justice relieved another nine deaths in the city of Bahía Blanca, To the south of Buenos Aires, but described them as “doubtful” because, although they were applied fentanyl ampoules belonging to the contaminated lot, it could not be confirmed that they have perished due to the effect of contact with the drug.
Until Monday, The number of victims reached 76but, as judicial sources explained to Efe, it is a constant evolution situation as medical records of affected potentials are reviewed.
While the ampoules of the affected lot were removed from the market and the productive activities of the laboratory were inhibitedresearchers continue to analyze cases of patients killed in recent months after having received the medication.
Most deaths were patients who They received the drug while they were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and then they died as a product of cardiorespiratory strikes.
Who carry out the investigation warned that cases could continue to increase in the next few days and overcome the barrier of 100.
In parallel, justice tries to determine the degree of responsibility of Laboratory employees and managers that produced the medication.
