An 8-year-old woman who died in Border Patrol custody was denied an ambulance at the least 3 instances, report says

• Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez arrived at Harlingen Border Patrol Station on Could 14. 
• She died on Could 17 after complaining about “fever, flu-like signs, and ache,” a brand new report says.
• She was denied an ambulance and a number of requests to go to the hospital, based on the report.

An 8-year-old who died in Border Patrol custody final month had her requests to go to a hospital denied a number of instances, based on a brand new report from US Customs and Border Safety’s Workplace of Skilled Accountability.

Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, who had a historical past of congenital coronary heart illness and sickle cell anemia, died on Could 17, three days after arriving at Harlingen Border Patrol Station in Texas, the report says.

The Workplace of Skilled Accountability’s assessment discovered that no Border Patrol officers who interacted with the woman or her mom “acknowledged being conscious she suffered from sickle cell anemia or had a historical past of congenital coronary heart illness.”

After the woman arrived on the facility along with her household on Could 14, she “complained of fever, flu-like signs, and ache,” based on the report.

The report says the woman was given Tamiflu, ice packs, fever-reducing medicines, and nausea medicine, and was advised to take a chilly bathe.

On the day she died, the woman complained of getting a stomachache, nausea, and hassle respiration, the report says.

“The nurse practitioner additionally reported denying three or 4 requests from the woman’s mom for an ambulance to be known as or for her to be taken to the hospital,” the report says.

At 1:55 p.m. on Could 17, the woman’s mom introduced her again to the well being unit after she had an obvious seizure, and the woman was unresponsive, based on the report. She was declared lifeless at 2:50 p.m.

Troy Miller, the performing commissioner of the Customs and Border Safety, known as the 8-year-old’s loss of life a “deeply upsetting and unacceptable tragedy” in a press release.

“We will — and we are going to — do higher to make sure this by no means occurs once more,” he stated.

“We supplied discover to the medical contractor that delivers care in CBP amenities requiring them to assessment their practices and tackle deficiencies instantly,” he added. “A number of medical suppliers concerned on this incident have now been prohibited from working in CBP amenities.”