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Infant With Severe Burns Airlifted From San Rafael to Mendoza’s Hospital Notti

State authorities ordered a helicopter transfer to reach a pediatric burn center equipped for high‑complexity care.

Overview

  • The one-year-old sustained second- and third-degree burns over about 60% of the body in a household accident in the El Molino neighborhood.
  • The child was first treated and admitted to intensive care at Hospital Schestakow before being referred for higher‑complexity care.
  • A government helicopter departed around 12:20 from San Rafael and landed at the Guaymallén helipad, where traffic was halted and emergency crews stood by.
  • Hospital Notti received the patient to begin specialized pediatric burn treatment, and no updated prognosis has been released.
  • Local media reported this may be the first aerial transfer of a baby patient from the San Rafael department.