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there are no records of these deaths, it was not possible to precisely establish their
dates. He added that for the Enxet indigenous people it is not easy to remember their
deceased, given their special relationship with death, for which reason they had to
make a very significant psychological effort to accept being asked about their
deceased next of kin. Based both on their accounts and on his own observations, the
expert found in his study that:
In most cases of deaths that were recorded, there was no prior medical care.
Two cases reached the hospital, where they were diagnosed and sent back to
their homes, as the physicians found that there was nothing that could be
done. The mothers’ accounts show that several children died from bronchitis
o bronchopneumonia. The symptoms described by the mothers are fully in
accordance with this diagnosis: the children were coughing, had a high fever,
and found it difficult to breathe, until they died without having received
medical care or medicine. Those interviewed also stated that during the dry
season the children died from diarrhea, and that is in fact the time of year in
which said health problems are most frequent. These children died with all
the symptoms of diarrhea: fever, constant diarrhea, sometimes with blood,
and vomiting. There were also cases of adults who died for lack of adequate
and timely medical care and due to lack of food.
There is no health care post, clinic or health promoter in the Community. The
village is 356 kilometers from the capital and 70 kilometers from the closest
hospital. The closest regional hospital is 225 kilometers away, very close to
Asunción, for which reason it is not easy for the members of the community to
go to those health centers.
Currently the nutritional conditions of the children of the Community are quite
precarious.
Malnutrition among children is evident.
Children’s hair is
discolored, their bellies are swollen, and their height is lower than it should be
at their age. Furthermore, this has negative consequences such as learning
and intellectual development problems.
beginning,
as
soon
as
possible,
a
This situation can be changed by
deworming
therapy
and
adequate,
permanent nutrition.
10.
In Chapter VI of the Judgment on proven facts, and under the title of “living
conditions of the members of the Yakye Axa indigenous community”, the Court found
that they “do not have access to clean water and the most reliable source is
rainwater.
The water that they use on a regular basis comes from pools (water
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