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much’
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The family of a Bronx 2-year-old left in critical condition after
allegedly being possibly exposed to fentanyl at his day care
– – where another toddler died and two others were left
seriously ill — was reeling Saturday.
“It’s all just too much right now,” said the boy’s devastated
mother, whose 8-month-old daughter was also hospitalized
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When the distraught mom sought answers from Divino Nino
Day Care owner, Grei Mendez de Ventura, the woman said 136,003
only, “I don’t know what happened,” the child’s grandmother
told The Post.
“So much irresponsibility. They are babies,” the woman, who
did not want to give her name, fumed. “It’s her job to care for
them, protect them. She needs consequences.”
Nearly a kilo of a drug believed to be fentanyl, and multiple Man groped by Lauren Boebert during
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just too much right now,” said the boy’s devastated mother, whose 8-
“It’s all
onth-old daughter was also hospitalized after authorities said she was
exposed to the deadly drug at the day care.
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“The daycare,” the kids’ father answered, after seeing his son unconscious and that his daughter “couldn’t
breathe,” the grandmother said. Mama bear teaches cubs to rip down
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Both were rushed to Montefiore Hospital and administered multiple doses of Narcan.

The boy remains in critical condition and the girl was in stable condition late Saturday afternoon, police
said.

Four children were at the day care Friday, she said.

The baby girl is “doing better today, but she’s on a lot of drugs,” the grandmother said, but her brother “is
not doing well.”
When the distraught mom sought answers from Divino Nino Day Care owner, Grei Mendez de Ventura, the woman said
only, “I don’t know what happened,” the child’s grandmother told The Post.
Christopher Sadowski

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Lamented the grandmom of her devastated daughter and her husband: “She’s a good mom. She takes
good care of her kids. They have all the love for them,” she said of the couple.

“I can’t believe this happened. I really can’t,” she said, tearing up.

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Berlin Evangelista
2 hours ago
Is the daycare licensed and if so who would licensed such a place. That kitchen alone is so
ilthy those poor babies staying in such a place all day. In California all adults that live in a
daycare need to have a background check and be fingerprinted this daycare seems like a
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Supremely Being
2 hours ago
Nobody wants to be like California.
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Mark Jones
1 hour ago
Right!@#$ because CA its the poster child for respecting law and order.
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 Michael Penney
2 hours ago
Lessee should be evicted. How is a daycare even licensed in an apartment? The city inspected
place and found it acceptable?
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Fugetaboutit
2 minutes ago
DEI all you need to know ! By the way FJB!!
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michael Towers
2 hours ago
An unimaginable and unspeakable tragedy. Let's hope whomever is responsible for this spends
he rest of their life in jail. RIP young angel, forever young. This cruel world did not deserve
presence. Condolences to your family and loved ones.
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