Former Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner She underwent emergency surgery for appendicitis. The Peronist leader interrupted her house arrest on Saturday to be taken to the Otamendi sanatorium in Buenos Aires after experiencing severe abdominal pain. The intervention was carried out successfully … at night, a few hours after the transfer. According to medical information released this Sunday, he is progressing favorably.
As announced in the medical report made public after the operation, “the patient underwent laparoscopic surgery in the afternoon, which confirmed the diagnosis of appendicitis with peritonitis located«. It was also reported that the former president, 72, is “progressing so far without post-operative complications.”
As soon as the news of Cristina Kirchner’s admission to the Otamendi sanatorium began to circulate in the local press, a large number of activists approached the scene with flags and banners in a sign of support for the former tenant of Casa Rosada. “You will never walk alone”we read in one of the messages posted at the doors of the health center. Kirchner presided over Argentina between 2007 and 2015 and served as vice-president until 2023.
Kirchner, who presided over Argentina between 2007 and 2015 and served as vice-president until 2023, had already been treated at this prestigious medical center in Buenos Aires in the past.
On Saturday afternoon, the Peronist leader began to feel severe abdominal pain. A group of doctors went to his apartment, located at 1111 San José Street, to assess his health. Cristina Kirchner is serving a six-year house arrest sentence for corruption in connection with the highway affair, in which she was found guilty of irregularities in the awarding of public works in the southern province of Santa Cruz.
Given the intensity of his condition, it was decided to urgently take him to the Otamendi sanatorium. For the transfer, the former president had to have a authorization from Justice. This is the first time the former official has left her home since serving her prison sentence on June 17.
That night, the establishment’s first medical report was made public, which reported that the former president “entered our establishment today presenting abdominal pain consistent with acute appendicular syndrome. “The diagnosis was confirmed by the corresponding means.”
New judicial restrictions
In recent days, justice had imposed the tightening of certain conditions of house arrest for the former president. The highest judicial body, the Supreme Courtendorsed the use of an electronic bracelet by the convicted person, despite appeals presented by the defense.
Certain restrictions have also been added regarding the regime of visits that Cristina Kirchner receives at her home, located in the Constitución district of Buenos Aires. Some of the limits imposed by Justice are linked to the number of people that the convicted person can receive daily. But a limit was also set on the duration of visits.
The court, however, granted the defense’s request that Cristina Kirchner be able to go out onto the terrace of her building. Concretely, you have authorization to stay there for a maximum period of two hours.
The former president is also facing another legal procedure for corruption: that of “Cuadernos de la coimas (bribes)”. With two weekly hearings, the trial has been held since November.
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