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Kevin Acosta, the Colombian Boy Who Died Waiting for Medication
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Kevin Acosta, the Colombian boy who died waiting for a medicine for hemophilia (and the indignation generated by the government's response) By: Rafael Abuchaibe-BBC Kevin Arley Acosta, barely 7 years old, had been in the hospital for 24 hours, bleeding from his nose and from an ear after having hit his head when he fell from his bicycle in the department of Huila, in central Colombia. The boy was fighting from the age of 9 months with a severe h…
The New EPS ruled on the death of Kevin Acosta, a seven-year-old boy with hemophilia who died on February 13, 2026, after suffering a fall on February 8 in a sports car in Pitalito, Huila. According to the entity, the minor died from severe head trauma that resulted in intracranial bleeding and brain death, while his family claims that the cause was the lack of timely supply of the medication. According to the official report, Kevin entered the …
Kevin died from a hemorrhage from falling from a cycla, but this, according to experts, could have been avoided if he had received treatment.
In a technical report, the New EPS pointed out that Kevin Acosta, the seven-year-old boy with haemophilia who died after a fall, had a “specialized clinical management” with factor VIII every 28 days. The treatment, the entity says, was provided continuously between October 2019 and December 2025. The document concludes that the death was the result of severe brain trauma, in contrast to complaints of possible neglect made by his family. However…
According to the document, the patient was under factor VIII prophylaxis every 28 days since October 2019
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