Sunday January 15, 2023 | 11:30 a.m.
The director of Mental Health for the province of Misiones, Nicolás Aranda, provided details about the psychological health of Mírian S. (34), the woman who threw her two children into the Paraná river last week, alleging that “since the month of November she stopped attending her therapies and controlling her daily supply medication.
Likewise, he added that the various calls and requests from mental health to Mirian’s family to resume his treatment also appear in the file. However, she assured that the family environment never responded to the patient’s calls for assistance to the health center.
In an interview that he gave to the Eldorado newspaper Stop En Línea, Aranda explained that “on noticing the absence of therapy and the ignorance of whether or not the medication was continued, from Health we try to communicate with the relatives and sometimes they are even the ones they approach and inform about the situation, alluding that the patient does not want to continue and would even have risky behavior in which in these cases they go to court so that, in the case of not being able to persuade the person to take their medication , it is interned by order of Justice “.
The psychologist also explained how the different health centers throughout the province work, thus detailing that the mental health Caps of the city of Eldorado “is one of the most complete in terms of professionals”, alluding to also that the services it provides are both consulting and field work.
On the other hand, the same Eldorado digital media contacted local psychologist Gerardo Vetter, who has been practicing for 50 years, to talk about the mental health status of the detainee.
Regarding schizophrenia, a pathology that Mirian suffered from according to her medical history, Dr. Vetter stated that “care with these mental disorders must be 24 hours, due to hallucinations and loss of real time.”
In addition, he explained the importance that the family should have when a person suffers from this disease, for the care of both the patient and those around him. “The accompaniment of the whole family and friends is necessary, especially if there are children involved.”
The institutions that must safeguard the lives of minors, must contain yes or yes the family environment in case help is needed. Something that in this case was not the case, ”he lamented.
The case
Mirian S. was rescued by a fisherman in the waters of the Paraná River. In this context, she stated that minutes before she had drowned her 3 and 7-year-old children.
Searches began immediately by the Argentine Naval Prefecture and the Misiones Police, who found the bodies of Lucía and Santiago the following afternoon after the disappearance some 500 meters from the place.
After the Scientific Police carried out the rigorous tests and the police doctor examined the bodies, the Eldorado Investigating Court 2 ordered that both deceased be taken to the judicial morgue. While the woman was taken to the Samic Hospital to receive medical assistance and from the judicial headquarters her arrest was ordered, for which she was housed in the 1st Police Station of the UR III.
The studies carried out on the bodies of the children determined that Lucía and Santiago died of immersion suffocation after being thrown by their own mother from an area that was difficult to access.
Regarding the parent, the first legal analysis and testimonies collected by the investigators revealed that she suffers from schizophrenia and that she was under treatment for the pathology.
On the other hand, Mirian was transferred last Monday to the Examining Court 2 of the city of Eldorado, where her lawyer notified her and she was provisionally charged with “double qualified homicide, aggravated by the relationship.”
