April 6, 2022

16:04

Bruno Pacheco – Cenarium Magazine

MANAUS – The indigenous brothers Gleiçon Carvalho Ferreira, 9 years, and Glauco Carvalho Ferreira, 7 years, were released from hospital on Wednesday, 6, the Hospital and Emergency Room Child, in Manaus. The children were admitted to the hospital unit since last March 17, after being 27 days lost in the forest, in Manicoré (332 kilometers from the capital). Together, the boys will receive a tribute, next Monday, 11, the Center for Jungle Warfare Instruction (Cigs).

“It is really a great emotion for all of us, for everyone who lived this situation,” said on Wednesday, 6, the doctor and Secretary of Health of the State of Amazonas (SES-AM), Anoar Samad, during a press conference. According to him, the children already return to Manicoré on Tuesday, 12, but will still receive monitoring by a medical team and assistance from the Indigenous Health District (Dsei).

Stronger and wearing the uniform of the team of their heart, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, the brothers of the Mura ethnicity, from the Palmeira Indigenous Community, in the rural area of Manicoré, left the Hospital and the Children’s Emergency Room next to the family. According to the medical team, Gleiçon had arrived at the hospital with 18 kg and returned home with 26 kg. Glauco was 12 kg when he was admitted in Manaus and today he is 18.7 kg.

“It was an amazing recovery. Even though they were both infected. The younger one had a more serious infection, a renal failure that was reversed. His treatment was a little longer than his brother’s, but we left them together exactly so that the psychological part could be softened,” said doctor Eugênio Tavares.

Diet

For Tavares, even though the boys were admitted to the hospital in a state of severe malnutrition, their recovery was fast. According to the doctor, the indigenous children received a special diet with semi-processed food, that is, broken into smaller parts to facilitate absorption.

“The youngest became more serious because of the infectious condition and renal failure. We had to bring together other specialists, such as infectologists and nutritionists, and we were able to reconcile the infection, the renal failure, and the diet. They are in a very good condition. The infections were all debelled and they are eating well. They can already eat the family’s food. Of course, supplemented with some vitamins”, stated the doctor.

The case

The case gained repercussion in the Amazon press on February 21, two days after the children disappeared in the forest. The brothers had gone out alone to hunt birds in the forest in the region of the indigenous community where they live, but ended up getting lost. The same day they disappeared, on February 18, the search for them began, mobilizing family members and residents.

Search and rescue teams from the Amazonas Military Fire Department (CBMAM) were mobilized to rescue the children. The search, however, was unsuccessful and, on February 15, the boys were found naked and in a state of malnutrition by a man who was cutting wood in the forest.

After being located, the brothers were taken to the Hamilton Cidade Regional Hospital, in Manicoré, where they received the first medical attention and were hospitalized. The boys were completely weakened, dehydrated, and without strength to walk. On the 17th of last month, an air ICU transferred Gleiçon and Glauco to Manaus.