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“A matter of life or death”: the wait continues for a protocol from the Health Department to address strangulation cases in gender-based violence

The agency had 120 days, starting on May 6, to design and present the document, which “will be mandatory for all medical-hospital institutions” to prevent more femicides by this modality, according to Law 71 of 2024

December 12, 2024 - 2:37 PM

Updated on December 12, 2024 - 2:38 PM

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So far in 2024, three femicides by strangulation have been recorded, according to data from the Police Bureau. (nahira.montcourt@gfrmedia.com)

By Génesis Ibarra Vázquez

Periodista de Noticiasgenesis.ibarra@gfrmedia.com

The Health Department has failed to comply with the mandate to prepare a protocol to address cases of strangulation or non-lethal asphyxiation in hospitals, more than 200 days after the entry into force of a law that mandates it, which led experts on the issue to urge urgency in the drafting of such regulations in order to prevent more femicides by this form of gender violence.