Overview
- An 11-year-old from Santo Tomé remains in serious condition at Hospital Pediátrico Juan Pablo II after larvae were found in her scalp during an emergency visit for eye pain.
- Doctors were unable to extract all larvae due to an advanced miasis foruncular that destroyed tissue and perforated cranial bone, according to pediatric specialist Flavio Serra.
- Judicial authorities opened a case against the mother for alleged “lesiones graves por omisión,” with investigators collecting testimonies and medical records.
- The same hospital confirmed a second miasis case in a two-month-old infant from Corrientes city, highlighting concern in a subtropical region where such parasitic infections are known.
- Clinicians urged rigorous hygiene, proper wound care, and early medical consultation, while witnesses to the initial treatment said they were astonished by the girl’s condition.