Health officials on Monday continue to demand an autopsy following the tragic death of a 22-month-old infant on Sunday. The parents of the infant objected, prompting Zaka to intervene on the family�s behalf.
During a Monday morning hearing in the Haifa Magistrate�s Court, the court ordered the toddler released to his parents� custody for burial after it was confirmed the death was not due to abuse or other physical assault. When the parents went to the Health Ministry for a death certificate, to permit burial, the district physician refused, stating he insists on an autopsy to determine the cause of death, exercising his legal authority to make such a demand.
Chezki Farkash, a senior northern district Zaka official explained this evening that during the past 48 hours, he and others have been working to expedite the burial of the infant girl. The toddler apparently was standing and fell and was in cardiac arrest when Zaka responders arrived along with other EMS teams. CPR was conducted for about an hour. Rabbi Sonnenfeld, the Zaka rav in the northern area ruled the infant will remain in the home pending the court ruling, which released the body as reported above.
Farkash confirms of late, there have been a number of unexplained deaths involving infants and toddlers, and following consultation with rabbonim, the body was brought to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa [on Monday evening] where non-invasive tests are being conducted in the hope of holding the levaya on Monday night. The physician is concerned and hopes an autopsy may lead to a cause of death and perhaps save the lives of other children.
The rabbonim in this case Farkash explained are permitting non-invasive procedures but not an autopsy even though the district physician insists the results may save other lives.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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