Woman accused of drugging her son: authorities investigate whether she kept him sick while neighbors raised money for his treatment

Investigators in Quilmes Oeste are examining a severe case involving a five-year-old child who suffered unexplained health decompensations while hospitalized. Authorities are probing an aberrant hypothesis that the boy's mother deliberately kept him ill.

Simultaneously, the investigation is reviewing circumstances surrounding local residents who had been collecting money to help pay for the child's medical treatments before the mother fell under suspicion.