A Boy Dies After Eating A Cheese Sandwich At School

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The parents of a 3-year-old boy with a dairy allergy blame his death on an allergic reaction that he was given to eat a cheese sandwich at his school in New York.

Thomas and Dina Silvera assures that the Manhattan kindergarten center where their son Elijah went knew of the allergy that he suffered, and despite this they gave him the food that supposedly caused his death on November 3.

"Something so simple could have been avoided if they had followed and paid attention to my son's needs," said the father, who acknowledged being angry and stressed that he wants to publicize his case to prevent something like that from happening to another. family.

The chain noted that the Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services school did not respond to its request for information and questions about Elijah's death.

According to the parents' testimony, the little boy suffered anaphylactic shock at school, which called them first before requesting an ambulance. It was the same mother who rushed him to the Harlem hospital, where his life could not be saved and his death was certified.

A very hard moment that the Silvera, who have another 5-year-old son, recalled in their interview with ABC broadcast on Thursday on the Good Morning America program.

"I prayed and prayed and prayed. It seemed to me that this could not be real,”said the father. "My wife comes out and thinks that everything is fine, because her face seemed normal, but when I got closer she collapsed."

According to The New York Times, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is investigating the case and has closed the private center for inadequate supervision of a minor and not following its own safety protocols.