Guayaquil Ecuador: Victim of motorcycle accident denied service at 9 health facilities, dies in ambulance

The Constitution of Ecuador declares the following:

Article 43: “… Under no circumstances will refuse emergency care in public or private.”

Health Law

Article 7: “Everyone, without discrimination, has the right to be served immediately with emergency professional services, provision of drugs and supplies needed in cases of imminent danger to life …”.

Roberto Antonio Quimí Huacón, 23, had planned to celebrate his birthday on Saturday “with all the law”, as recalled by his uncle Humberto Huacón, who said his nephew was “a fan of the holidays.”

But this Saturday, who would attend his birthday had to do it his wake and his funeral yesterday, because the young man died at 06:00 last Friday after suffering a traffic accident on Wednesday at 17:00 in the road to the parish of the canton’s Lojas Daule.

He went to his house on a motorcycle with a friend, who does not know your identity or health status, and over a bump Quimí fell and hit his head hard.

Such accidents are common, according Huacón due to the state of the road. The boy was taken home but noticed it bad. At that time the agony began to Quimí, who after seeking care in nine nursing homes, died in an ambulance.

Quimí Roberto, who was devoted to literacy to residents of Lomas de Leon enclosure, suffered two strokes and died in the ambulance when he arrived at hospital Leo Becerra, where, according to relatives, also declined to address it. Read Article-El Universo