Arizona toddler declared dead, found alive in morgue six hours later... - Revolver News
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This story is every parent’s worst nightmare on steroids. But then, in a truly bizarre and rather concerning finish, a miracle unfolded.
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The parents and medical staff are currently under investigation after an 18-month-old boy was rushed to the hospital following a drowning accident in a pool. Medical staff declared the toddler dead and moved his body to the morgue.
Six hours later, he was found breathing in the morgue and was eventually sent home.
The doctor who incorrectly declared the child dead is named Aryan Toosi.
That is a very popular name in Iran.
The parents admitted to smoking marijuana earlier in the day.
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At 11:52 p.m., the boy was found breathing in a hospital morgue.
What happened during that nearly six-hour period — and the circumstances that led to the near-drowning of 18-month-old Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino in a pool — are now under investigation by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
“The child ultimately survived and has been released from the hospital,” the Gilbert Police Department said in a statement.
But the department has also recommended to the county attorney that his parents be charged with child abuse.
The parents, according to a police report obtained by NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix, may have not realized their son had wandered off to the pool while the game was on due to “the potential of both parents’ state of mind being impaired by marijuana and/or other mind altering substances.”
“Both admitted to smoking marijuana the morning of the drowning,” the report states.
A spokesperson for the county attorney declined to comment on the case.
Meanwhile, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center confirmed it had conducted its own internal investigation into what it called a “heartbreaking situation.”
When he was questioned why he declared a child who was “gasping for breath” dead, Dr. Toosi got snarky and defensive. The lawyer involved in the case for the hospital claims there’s a lot more to this story.
NBC News:
That doctor is identified as A. Toosi in the police report. And when he was questioned by a police officer about his decision to pronounce the boy dead while the child was still gasping for air, the doctor allegedly pulled rank.
“Please do your thing and let me do my thing,” Toosi is quoted as saying in the report. “I went to medical school for a reason.”
A doctor named Aryan Toosi is identified in available reports as being affiliated with that hospital. He referred NBC News to lawyer Scott Holden.
In a statement to NBC News on Friday, the lawyer cited the police report and a potential case against the child’s parents.
“Because of this, as well as patient confidentiality, we are unable to make a full statement at this time other than to assure you that there is much more to this case, both factually and medically, than has been reported thus far,” he said.
The family started a crowdfunding page, claiming their toddler is now dealing with a lot of medical issues.
NBC News:
According to the crowdfunding page, Vincent is breathing with the assistance of a ventilator. He has avoided serious brain damage but will require ongoing medical monitoring and extensive therapy.
The turn of events began around 5:38 p.m. on Feb. 8 with a 911 call for help after the boy was found floating face down in the family pool and a relative tried to revive him by performing CPR, according to the report.
The boy was then rushed to the emergency room at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, where an ER team that included Toosi took over the effort to save him.
At 6:13 p.m., according to the report, Toosi was seen checking the time on “a cell phone with a cheetah print orange and black case” before he went out to deliver bad news to the boy’s parents.
🇺🇸 Holy shit! Arizona toddler declared dead by a doctor after a pool incident was later found breathing in the hospital morgue, over 5 hours later.
Police reports and bodycam show officers saw signs of life multiple times, but they were ignored.
Now fighting for recovery with brain damage.
Source: ABC15News YT / Writer: Lucas
🇺🇸 Holy shit! Arizona toddler declared dead by a doctor after a pool incident was later found breathing in the hospital morgue, over 5 hours later.
Police reports and bodycam show officers saw signs of life multiple times, but they were ignored.
Now fighting for recovery with… pic.twitter.com/WIu8AczOqq
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The report goes on to say that the child was moved to the morgue, where the temperature was kept at around 36 degrees. Later, the detective handling the case went to the morgue to photograph the child’s body and heard a loud gasp.
But to make matters worse, a nurse on duty brushed it off and said it was just “agonal breathing” due to compressions.
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An unbelievable four hours later, when the medical examiner arrived to pick up the body, they discovered that the child was actually alive.
Thank God that little boy survived. Between the medical staff and his parents, his survival is a miracle.
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