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b) that the causes of death of these persons vary between diarrhea, vomit and
dehydration;
c) that the child Rodrigo Marcial Dávalos1 had his first consultation at the
Hospital Regional de Concepción, here he was prescribed “oral rehydrating
liquids”, but he did not come back for a second consultation;
d) that the girl Aurelia Montanía2 “could not [go] al Hospital Regional because
her father was working at a farm and her mother did not have money to buy
the ticket”;
e) that on January 18, 2007, the State granted medical attention and medicines
to 19 persons, from which “the majority [were] children with diagnosis of the
flu syndrome, diarrhea, vomits and Piodermitis”. Similarly, the State
transferred to a hospital a 10-month old minor who had suffered “diarrhea
and vomits” for 15 days, and a 60 year-old lady who was handicapped, and
f) that “none of the minors has a birth certificate, neither are they registered[,]
because most of the births [take place] in the mother’s or grandmother’s
house”.
The said report concludes, inter alia, that “the water that people drink” should be
drinkable, and it should “make sure of the exemption of the tickets for these people,
so they can get to the health facilities as often as they need to, since the delay of
this attention is the cause of this deaths”. Also, it stated that the groceries delivered
by the State are not “nourishable” enough, and that the State should “add milk and
other proteins” to it.
The State, also, forwarded a copy of the Resolution No. 37 of January 10, 2007, from
the Public Health & Social Welfare Ministry (Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar
Social), were was stipulated “the execution of a medical audit to the Hospital
Regional de Concepción […] in regards to the deaths of four members of the
Sawhoya[m]axa community”.
CONSIDERING
1.
That it is a power inherent to the jurisdictional duties of the Court to monitor
compliance with its decisions.
2.
That Article 68(1) of the American Convention stipulates that, “the States
Parties to the Convention undertake to comply with the judgment of the Court in any
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The State identified him as Rodrigo Marcial Yegros. The Court does not have the documents that
give certainty to this.
The State identified her as Arbella Galeano Montanía. Likewise, it pointed out that the girl was
three years old by the time of her death, while representatives said she was one year old. The Court does
not have the documents that give certainty to this.
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