Puerto Rican mother, 23, dies nine days after returning from the Dominican Republic after a zip line accident as the vacation island continues to be plagued by tourist deaths

  • Jeimily Morales died June 26, just nine days after returning to her home in Puerto Rico following a vacation to the Dominican Republic with her boyfriend
  • Doctors told her partner Xavier Soto that the trip to the Dominican Republic had nothing to do with Morales' death
  • Morales' death was caused by a pulmonary embolism, according to doctors
  • Morales, who had a thyroid condition, experienced severe back pain June 17, a day after arriving home, and went to a hospital
  • Soto said the 23-year-old mother of a four-year-old boy suffered a hard landing during a zip line ride during their week-long trip
  • She visited four different hospitals and a chiropractor suggested she undergo a MRI but she didn't have one because it cost $800 and she was uninsured
  • Morale pained worsened on June 25 and she went to Mayagüez Medical Center and was placed in ICU at 4am - she was declared dead four hours later

A mother-of-one died in her native Puerto Rico almost two weeks after returning from a vacation in the Dominican Republic, it has been revealed.

Jeimily Morales traveled to the neighboring Caribbean island with her boyfriend Xavier Soto and suffered a tough landing while on a zip line ride during their week-long stay.

The couple returned to Puerto Rico on June 16 and about two days later Morales started to feel severe back pains. 

The Aguadilla native, who had a four-year-old son, had a thyroid condition that was being monitored and visited four hospitals before she was declared dead at Mayaguez Medical Center the morning of June 26, just 13 hours after she was checked in.

According to NBC, doctors told Soto that Morales death was caused by a pulmonary embolism.

Soto added that physicians at the medical facility raised the possibility that she had a condition which previously had gone undetected and cleared the Dominican Republic of any wrongdoing. 

'They didn't say it had something to do with our trip to the Dominican Republic,' he said. 

Jeimily Morales (left) traveled to the Dominican Republic with her boyfriend Xavier Soto (right) but died nine days after returning to her home in Puerto Rico.

Jeimily Morales (left) traveled to the Dominican Republic with her boyfriend Xavier Soto (right) but died nine days after returning to her home in Puerto Rico.  Soto said Morales suffered a tough landing while on a zip line ride during their week-long stay and back pained worsened after they went back home June 16

Jeimily Morales (left pictured with Xavier Soto) was told June 24 she needed a MRI but she didn't get one because she was uninsured and the test would cost $800. She died two days later

Jeimily Morales (left pictured with Xavier Soto) was told June 24 she needed a MRI but she didn't get one because she was uninsured and the test would cost $800. She died two days later

Soto is still awaiting the remaining results of forensic testings administered on Morales's body, who was buried July 11. He was told it would take at least 90 days for a report to be filed.

'I'm not thinking about lawsuits or any of that,' Soto said. 

'I'll wait for the results, for answers. I lost my partner and we were always together. I don't know how things are going to be from now on.' 

Soto accompanied Morales to the emergency unit at Aguadilla Medical Services Center the morning of June 17 and the following two days. She received shots and medication and was advised to consult a physical therapist.

The pain intensified and she saw doctors at Buen Samaritano Hospital on June 21 after she noticed a rash on her chest and told complained that she experienced problems breathing.

23-year-old Jeimily Morales left behind a four-year-old son after she unexpectedly died nine days after returning to her home in Puerto Rico after a week-long vacation in the Dominican Republic

23-year-old Jeimily Morales left behind a four-year-old son after she unexpectedly died nine days after returning to her home in Puerto Rico after a week-long vacation in the Dominican Republic

Soto said that the treating doctor told Morales that the discomfort was related to her back pain.

The pain worsened on the following say and June 24 and Morales visited a third hospital, San Carlos Borromeo in the city of Moca. 

She was referred to a chiropractor on her second visit and was recommended that she schedule an MRI. But the uninsured woman couldn't afford the $800 exam and instead received an injection and relaxants to ease the pain.

Morales would return to Aguadilla Medical Services Center on June 25 and was told by a nurse that she was better off trying another medical facility that would offer her better services. 

She heeded the nurse's advice and tried a fourth different hospital, making a 30-minute drive to Mayagüez Medical Center because they couldn't provide her an ambulance to transfer her.

Morales' condition turned for the worse because she couldn't breathe and was was placed in ICU at 4am. Soto then opted to return to his place for a change of clothes and to pick up additional medical documents. At 8am, the hospital called to inform him that had died.

Morales death comes as a number of American tourists have died after vacationing in the Dominican Republic in the past year. 

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