Parents of toddler found alive hours after being declared dead slam doc for leaving him with brain damage

The parents of an Arizona toddler declared dead, but found alive in a morgue five hours later blame his “negligent” doctor for leaving him with lifelong, severe brain damage. Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino was discovered floating face down in a backyard swimming pool during a Super Bowl party in Gilbert on February 8 and rushed to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.The two-year-old was mistakenly pronounced dead by Dr Aryan Toosi just 18 minutes after arriving, police body cam fotoage recorded.He was the sent to a morgue where a medical transport worker discovered he was alive and moving under a thick white sheet. Now Alexus and Angelo Fiordilino have hit out at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center staff for convincing them their son was dead and dismissing multiple concerns that he was still breathing. “I can’t believe Vincent was all alone in there,” the distraught mother told The Post.

“It haunts me still to this day when I think about it.I hate that he went through five hours in a morgue by himself, struggling to breathe. “If there was a competent doctor in the room that day, it would have gone very differently.

Our boy was neglected medical treatment that would have significantly changed the outlook of his life.” Panic ensued at the Fiordilino’s party when Vincent was found drowning and foaming at the mouth. Alexus and her husband took turns to perform lifesaving measures after calling emergency services and the toddler was rushed to hospital within minutes. “It was a lot of panic, my heart dropped into my stomach,” she told The Post.“Angelo rushed over and jumped in the pool to get him out and we did CPR.

We were desperate to save him.”Emergency services quickly arrived and took over resuscitation efforts.“I begged anyone who would listen to save Vincent and once he got in the ambulance I felt a little relief because they would be able to do more there. “I had full belief that they would save him and had hope to hold him again.

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