Overview
- Routine postpartum toxicology on the mother returned positive about 48 hours earlier, prompting tests that confirmed cocaine in the baby.
- The infant remains in the Hospital Regional José Antonio Ceballos neonatology unit under strict monitoring and is reported stable.
- Medical, sanitary and legal procedures were triggered, with notification to the Secretaría de Niñez, Adolescencia y Familia for child-protection evaluation.
- Physicians caution that prenatal cocaine exposure can cause neurological, respiratory or renal harm, so continuous observation is underway.
- The hospital is providing psychosocial support to the mother and coordinating post-discharge plans with child-protection services.