Police on Tuesday launched an investigation into possible
negligence after doctors were unable to save the life of a young girl who died
from drinking liquid nicotine on Tuesday.
Naomi Elbaz, just two and a half, collapsed at her parents
home in the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem.
A Magen David Adom ambulance crew tried to resuscitate the
girl who was found in a dazed state. After stabilizing her pulse, they
evacuated her to the nearby Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus.
However, the
youngster’s condition rapidly deteriorated and she was transferred to the
Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem for further treatment. Despite desperate efforts
by doctors, she eventually died.
Initial reports said that Elbaz’s parents were not with her
when she drank the liquid and she was being watched over by her grandparents.
At some point the toddler, an only child, went to her grandfather’s room and
drank from a small bottle of liquid nicotine that he used to refill his
electronic cigarette. The bottle was sent to a police laboratory for tests to
determine exactly what was in the liquid.
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