Central Military Hospital released on Tuesday the medical report of the four children who spent 40 days lost in the Colombian jungle after a plane crash.
After more than a month of searching, this Friday rescue teams managed to find the four children who were lost in the jungle of Colombia and today from Central Military Hospital reported that suffer from nutritional and dehydration problems. In any case, a team of “interdisciplinary professional assistance” and “comprehensive care” work for them to recover.
The medical report issued by the institution assured that they are making an effort to “minimize the risks derived” of the clinical conditions of the four brothers”, through “standardized care and follow-up protocols” gradual.
Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Arturo Hoyos, director of the medical center, thanked the “manifestations of support and affection that unite the entire Colombian society around the miracle of life that we have witnessed”.
Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy13 years old; Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy9 years old; Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy4 years old, and Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuyone year old, spent 40 days walking in the jungle looking for help after they the plane in which they were traveling with their mother and the pilot crashed. The rest of the crew died and the four minors were left stranded in the jungle between the departments of Caquetá and Guaviare.
How rescuers found the “children of the jungle”
After 40 days of intense searchthe minors were rescued by Army troops in the limits of the departments of Caquetá and Guaviarenear the area where the plane fell Cessna 206 that covered the route between Araracuara and the city of San José del Guaviare. “They are alive, they are alive, we found them”a senior military source close to the rescue operation told Reuters.
A helicopter arrived at the place to transfer them to Guaviare so that they are attended by military doctors. The four were found dehydrated and with some insect bites. According to military nurses, the minors were visibly affected and with signs of malnutrition.
In the hours before the discovery, the disappearance of Wilson, the rescue dog, had been announced who was looking for the little ones. The dog was found this Friday together with the children.
Source: Ambito
