Late Saturday, the Otamendi sanatorium discharged the first medical part about the operation to which Cristina Kirchner was subjected, who was moved in the afternoon from her home in the Constitución district of Buenos Aires, where she is serving house arrest as part of a conviction for corruption.
The report, signed by the center’s medical director, María Lanfranconi, indicates that the former president “has begun the presentation.” Abdominal pain consistent with acute appendix syndrome“, a diagnosis that was “confirmed with the appropriate means.”
According to the report, “the patient underwent… laparoscopic surgerywhich confirmed the diagnosis Appendicitis with localized peritonitis“, and that was specified “So far the course has been without any postoperative complications.” The intervention ended at 9:30 p.m.
Cristina Kirchner, who has been under house arrest in the house at 1111 San José for six months, required court approval be transferred to the sanatorium. Previously, was examined at home by a medical team who recommended a “more thorough examination” at the health center where he normally receives care through his prepaid drug insurance.
The mayor of Quilmes and leader of the national PJ addressed Otamendi at 800 Azcuénaga street, in the Recoleta district. Mayra Mendoza.
Meanwhile on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant A group of militants unfurled a flag with the inscription “You will never walk alone”as a sign of support for the former president. The image was distributed via the official La Cámpora account on the social network X, accompanied by the message: “Bet on Cristina.”
You will never walk alone.
Banking Cristina 🤍✌🏽 pic.twitter.com/QA5Wk1wK7e
— La Campora (@la_campora) December 21, 2025
The surgical procedure comes in addition to four other operations that the former president underwent on various occasions throughout her career as a public servant, accompanied by public expressions of support for the militancy.
The last operation had taken place four years ago when the then vice president had an operation complete hysterectomyalso in Otamendi, where he centralizes his medical care. According to the official report published at the time, it was one “planned gynecological procedure” The operation was performed laparoscopically, which took approximately two hours, although the medical reasons for this were unknown.
In October 2013, while holding the presidency, CFK underwent emergency surgery Subdural hematoma. The procedure was resolved after she experienced tingling in her left arm and medical tests were carried out that revealed a clot between her brain and skull, a result of a blow she suffered two months earlier. After the operation, he remained at Quinta de Olivos under medical supervision.
The operation was carried out by Cristian Fuster, head of neurosurgery at the Neuroscience Institute of the Favaloro Foundation, where the procedure was carried out. The then national deputy Martín Insaurralde publicly stated that the coup had taken place under the president’s rule “He tripped and hit himself” while organizing personal items. Facundo Manes attended a medical consultation during this process.
A year earlier, in January 2012, Máximo and Florencia Kirchner’s mother had undergone an alleged operation papillary thyroid carcinoma. The operation was carried out at the Austral University Hospital in Pilar Thyroid removed in an operation that lasted about three and a half hours. The postoperative period required a 72-hour hospital stay.
Days later, then-Media Minister Alfredo Scoccimarro reported that the final histopathological study excluded the presence of cancer cells and that the initial diagnosis had been false positive, only confirming the presence of follicular adenomas in both glandular lobes.
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