Four-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Discharged from Rimini Hospital with High Fever
A four-year-old girl has died in just hours after being discharged by the emergency room at a hospital near Rimini, Italy following treatment for high fever that was initially unaccompanied by other symptoms while she received paracetamol medication; medical staff had noted her condition as stable enough to send home before an abrupt and fatal deterioration occurred within minutes of leaving.
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1A four-year-old girl died at a hospital or home shortly after being discharged from the emergency room due to high fever.
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2The child was admitted with only elevated temperature and no other symptoms before receiving paracetamol as treatment in Rimini, Italy on March 15th. Her condition worsened rapidly leading to her death within hours of discharge.
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A four-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with high fever and discharged shortly before dying a few hours later in Rimini.
— [Mar 15, 08:29] A bimba di anni dimessa dall'ospedale muore poche ore dopo la febbre e il peggioramento improvviso (Notizie.virgilio.it)The girl was admitted to the emergency room with fever and no symptoms; she was discharged after a few hours, only for her death some time later.
— [Mar 15, 08:29] Al Pronto soccorso con febbre e senza sintomi bimba di anni viene dimessa muore dopo qualche ora (Siftrss)The four-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital for fever and then discharged in her sleep; she died at dawn.
— [Mar 15, 08:29] Bimba di anni muore ospedale visitata nella notte per febbre e poi dimessa all'alba la tragedia (Ilrestodelcarlino.it)A four-year-old girl was admitted to the pediatric clinic and discharged shortly before dying a few hours later in Rimini.
— [Mar 15, 08:29] Bimba di anni muore dopo essere stata dimessa dall'ambulatorio (Repubblica.it)A four-year-old girl was admitted to the emergency room with fever and discharged shortly before dying a few hours later in Rimini.
— [Mar 15, 08:29] Bimba di anni muore dopo essere stata dimessa dall'ospedale (Tgcom.mediaset.it)