This emerges from a new medical report

After the successful operation, she underwent a condition of “acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis“, the former president Cristina Kirchner She is doing well although she will remain in hospital under medical observation.

The new medical report reported that the former president underwent an abdominal CT scan, which “confirmed the diagnosis” the patient received on the day she was admitted to the Otamendi sanatorium in the federal capital.

Cristina Kirchner remains in hospital: new medical report

The medical team announced this Wednesday that the patient presented a mild intestinal complication: a postoperative ileusa common condition following abdominal surgery that remains closely monitored.

“The relevant support measures were implemented until they were resolved. He continues treatment with intravenous antibiotics and peritoneal drainage; He doesn’t have a fever yet.it was detailed.

The report added that “se maintains the indication for hospitalization until the condition resolves“.

The leader was serving the sentence of house arrest confirmed by the Supreme Court at the time, but was granted permission to leave her residence in the Constitución neighborhood of Buenos Aires to seek immediate medical treatment at the Otamendi sanatorium, as the doctors who helped her reported a serious health condition.

Due to severe discomfort in the abdominal area, Cristina Kirchner asked for medical help There, health workers concluded that, given the characteristics of the symptoms, it was necessary to move them to more complex studies.

Controversy over Cristina’s hospitalization in a private sanatorium: Dalbón called Milei “SALAME”

The hospitalization of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a private sanatorium It reignited the political and media controversy. After it became known that the former president had undergone an appendectomy at the Otamendi sanatorium in the city of Buenos Aires, questions from government and business circles increased. to which the lawyer Gregorio Dalbón reacted harshly.

With his X account, Dalbón directly targeted President Javier Milei and defended the Justicialista party leader’s decision to seek treatment in the private system. “Even when Cristina undergoes surgery, she is unable to show a modicum of humanity. This defines you,” the lawyer wrote, adding, “I’ll explain it to you clearly, because you are confusing belief with ignorance: Argentina’s healthcare system is public and private. “That’s how it works in almost every country in the world.”

In this sense, Dalbón also questioned the health policies of the current government and compared the health investments of the last governments. “Data, not hate: CFK allocated 3.2% of GDP to healthcare in 2015. Macri reduced it to 2.8%. They reduced it to 2.5%, expelled professionals and put the public system in a precarious situation.” he pointed out. His message concluded with a powerful sentence: “Public health is not a slogan or a mockery on the networks: it is dignity, it is care, it is a present state. And people will not forget that. Salame.”

Public or private health?: the criticism of Marcos Galperin

Criticism of the former president had begun hours earlier after businessman and founder of Mercado Libre Marcos Galperin shared a message on his profile asking whether Cristina Kirchner was being treated at the Otamendi sanatorium and not a public hospital. “There are 59 Evita hospitals, 35 Perón hospitals and 17 Néstor Kirchner hospitals. But they are served in Otamendi.”said the original post.

Marcos Galperin joined the criticism of the former president for being admitted to a private sanatorium

The deputy of La Libertad Avanza, Bertie Benegas Lynch, also spoke in the same direction, responding to a message from journalist Eduardo Feinmann. “Never a public hospital. I hope it improves, looked after by the best doctors, from one of the best private sanatoriums in the country.” Feinmann wrote in a message that quickly went viral.

President Javier Milei himself also took part in the controversy, although without writing his own text. From his X account, he shared a video edited by a libertarian account with the phrase “And beat the Otamendi. The clip compares previous statements by Cristina Kirchner about the importance of caring for presidents in public hospitals with images of various hospitalizations of the former president and former President Alberto Fernández in private centers.

In the medical history mentioned, it is recalled that the Otamendi sanatorium is the center where Cristina Kirchner is usually treated. A hysterectomy was performed there in 2021, in addition to other previous hospitalizations publicly reported during his term and after he left the presidency.

As reported, The former president underwent surgery after suffering from abdominal pain on Saturday afternoon while he was at his apartment in the Constitución neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where he is under house arrest. After an initial medical examination, she was transferred to the sanatorium, where she was diagnosed with “appendicitis with localized peritonitis” and underwent laparoscopic surgery.