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5 Year Old Child Dies After Consumption of Acetaminophen; Another Minor Is Hospitalized

Summary by Azteca Jalisco
After consuming expired paracetamol, a 5-year-old boy died in the community of La Maya, in Santiago de Cuba; there is another infant hospitalized for the same reason. Cuban health authorities reported that the 5-year-old boy began to convulse after relatives gave him a paracetamol, which had expired in 2020, and he has no certification in the country.You may be interested: Man who disarmed police and shot in Tequila is investigated for these cri…
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A 5-year-old boy lost his life after having taken an expired and uncertified medicine. According to information shared by local media, the minor had taken paracetamol and then had seizures, so he was taken to a hospital. The minor died in the nosocomium, and according to the investigation, the pills would have expired in 2020. The events occurred on September 2, 2025 in the Maya community in Santiago de Cuba. Also, another case of similar poison…

The death of a five-year-old child in Santiago de Cuba, after having ingested paracetamol expired since 2020, has shocked Cuban society and has placed at the center of the debate the deep crisis of scarcity and disorganization that is going through the island’s health system. The event occurred when his parents, in a desperate attempt to alleviate the infant’s fever, gave him a 500 mg tablet of this medicine, of foreign origin and expired five y…

Moments of pain and shock are lived in the community of La Maya, in Santiago de Cuba, after the confirmation of the death of a 5-year-old boy who ingested expired and uncertified Paracetamol, who was at home. According to the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, the event occurred on September 2, when the minor was transferred to the Carlos Juan Finlay hospital after convulsions. The medication administered was 500 milligrams and had a date of expir…

After consuming expired paracetamol, a 5-year-old boy died in the community of La Maya, in Santiago de Cuba; there is another infant hospitalized for the same reason. Cuban health authorities reported that the 5-year-old boy began to convulse after relatives gave him a paracetamol, which had expired in 2020, and he has no certification in the country.You may be interested: Man who disarmed police and shot in Tequila is investigated for these cri…

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Azteca Jalisco broke the news in on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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