Conviction returned over 2022 patient death at Moca hospital

The case relates to the September 2022 death of a 65-year-old man at the western Puerto Rico medical facility

Marisol Vélez Cintrón

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A conviction has been issued relating to the death of Noel Méndez Gómez at a hospital in Moca.^[1] Méndez Gómez was 65. The incident occurred 12 September 2022. Prosecutor Sigrid Nazario del Toro of the Aguadilla Fiscal Office argued during trial the victim was hospitalized at the time, and had insisted on smoking cigarettes inside the facility.^[2] No additional details of the verdict or the convicted party have been filed on the public record.

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The conviction relates to the death of Noel Méndez Gómez, a 65-year-old man, in an incident that occurred on 2022-09-12 at a hospital in Moca, Puerto Rico. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
Prosecutor Sigrid Nazario del Toro of the Aguadilla Fiscal Office argued during the trial that the victim was hospitalized but insisted on smoking cigarettes inside the facility. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico

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