Police Expand Probe to ICU Intubation After Boy’s Fatal Adrenaline Dose

Overview

• Witnesses told investigators the child arrived at the ICU conscious and then deteriorated quickly during repeated intubation attempts, which a second doctor later completed after a delay.
• The inquiry now runs on four tracks: a possible prescription error by the attending physician, a failure in nursing double-checks, hospital protocols and system shortcomings, and potential errors during ICU intubation.
• The nursing technician who administered the drug was provisionally suspended by the regional nursing council and says she followed an intravenous, undiluted order while working alone.
• Police received screenshots in which the doctor appears to acknowledge a prescribing mistake, while her defense claims the hospital’s automated system changed the intended inhalation route and submitted a video to support that assertion.
• Investigators are also examining alleged evidence tampering by the physician as she remains free under habeas corpus, and the child’s parents urged policy changes in remarks to Manaus city councilors.