The National Court has prosecuted two Valencia employees for neglecting a child under the age of twelve in a tournament played in Egypt. The minor suffered from salmonellosis and intestinal perforation due to ingestion of ibuporfen. The head of the central court number 3, Maria Tardn has proposed judge the technical director of the Academy, Marco Otero, and the ATS nurse, José de los Santos, for a crime of injury due to serious negligence.
The events occurred in the summer of 2019 when the Academy team, with twelve-year-old players, traveled to Egypt for a tournament. According to the judge in the car, the child felt unwell and there were several actions of the top managers of the displaced club that can be considered a crime.
In fact, as soon as you land in Spain, The parents rushed the child to the hospital where He was hospitalized for about three months and he came to fear for his life. After the intervention, the doctors confirmed that the child suffered a perforation in the duodenum and pointed to two possible causes: either a bacterium (option ruled out after a biopsy) or the consumption of large quantities of drugs such as Ibuprofen. The minor spent two days in the ICU of La Fe and another fourteen days in the plant, confirming that Valencia had supplied him with Ibuprofen 400mg every four hours, according to the complaint.
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