VICTIM’S FAMILIES OF THE ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNI OUTBREAK TURN TO SOLERLAW

More than 10 families of possible victims of the acinetobacter baumanni outbreak have trust SolerLaw to conduct the pertinent investigation, with the purpose of knowing if the deaths of the victims were caused by such dangerous bacteria, which is multiresistant to antibiotics.

The accounts of several of SolerLaw’s clients are similar: they were never informed the name of the bacteria that had infected them; patient’s transfer to another hospital were denied; autopsies were not carried out to the victims, even though, in some cases, the families requested one; and all the patients were in the emergency room and the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Meanwhile, the investigation of the bacteria outbreak continues in a public hearing phase at Puerto Rico’s Senate and the House of Representatives.