Overview
- Routine post‑partum toxicology detected cocaine in the mother, leading to tests that confirmed the substance in the newborn.
- The infant is hospitalized in Bell Ville’s José Antonio Ceballos Regional Hospital neonatology unit under continuous observation with a stable general condition.
- Provincial protocols were activated and the Secretaría de Niñez, Adolescencia y Familia was notified to assess protection measures and plan for follow‑up after discharge.
- The hospital provided psychological and psychiatric support to the mother and her family, and officials noted prior substance‑use antecedents in her medical history.
- Clinicians warn that prenatal cocaine exposure can cause neurological, respiratory or renal complications, and they report these cases are becoming more frequent.