(L.A.) Mila Malin, a Baby, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2023-00817

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a female of unknown ethnicity that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the infant girl as Mila Malin of Encino, California.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death A: Effects of Hypoxic Encephalopathy

Cause of Death B: Lymphocytic Meningoencephalitis

Cause of Death C: Enterovirus Infection

Other Significant Conditions: Pneumonia of Lungs; Adenovirus Infection

RIP MILA PATEL MALIN (August 20, 2022 – January 20, 2023)

The child was about 5 months old. She was at least partly of South Asian / Desi / Indian descent.

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 10:09 p.m.

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is a rodent-borne viral infectious disease that presents as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis or meningoencephalitis. Its causative agent is lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus (LCMV), a member of the family Arenaviridae.