- Cristina Kirchner’s house arrest: What could change after her release
The former president Cristina Kirchner remains in the hospital in the Otamendi Sanatorium, no confirmed discharge date, while there is growing expectation in his circle that the judiciary will respond to the various requests from his lawyers to the judiciary Federal Oral Court No. 2 (TOF2), Its structure will be changed during the January fair.
The national leader of Judicialist Partywho is serving a 6 year prison sentence road cause, She was urgently taken to hospital was operated on December 20th due to acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis.
12 days after surgeryand accordingly the last medical reportDue to her diagnosis, Cristina Kirchner remains on peritoneal drainage and intravenous antibiotic treatment “slow recovery from postoperative ileus”what is a temporary paralysis of the intestines This occurs after an operation in which the gastrointestinal passage is slowed down due to the surgical stress, as described from the Otamendi sanatorium where she remains hospitalized.
It should be remembered that symptoms of have been reported in the past from Cristina Kirchner’s medical environment chronic arterial hypotension. These episodes of low blood pressure repeatedly led to the suspension of his official duties and the ordering of preventative rest under professional supervision.
While it was Chairman, Cristina Kirchner was operated on twice:
- In 2012 his thyroid was removed at the Austral University Hospital in Pilar, following a diagnosis that revealed nodules. It was later confirmed that they were “follicular adenomas.”
- In 2013, she underwent surgery Subdural hematomalocated between the brain and skull. She intervened at the Favaloro Foundation.
Furthermore, he suffered one in 2014 Fracture in left ankle due to a domestic accident that limited his mobility for months.
Already during his term in office as Vice President:
- In 2021 it underwent a total hysterectomy at the Otamendi Sanatorium. It was a planned laparoscopic operation that consisted of: Removal of the uterus due to the appearance of a polyp that was initially classified as “suspicious”.
Cristina Kirchner’s house arrest: What could change after her release
As it turned out, Cristina Kirchner’s defense has a strategy to ensure this during the judicial fair in January TOF2 reviews decisions already made regarding his house arrest in San José 1111, which was restricted after a meeting with a large number of Peronist economists.

The former president’s legal team, led by Carlos Beraldi, filed motions Expand your visit schedule, Remove the electronic anklet and extend the activated time Use the building’s terrace.
Although the requests They were initially rejected by TOF2 composed of judges Mariano Borinsky, Diego Barroetaveña and Gustavo Hornos, the defense of Cristina Kirchner wants to take advantage of the fact that two of her members (Barroetaveña and Hornos) begin their annual leave to insist on it with orders.
The new conformation -with Borinsky as well as judge Ángela Ledesma and judge Guillermo Yacobucci- who changes two votes of the court and opens up the possibility that TOF 2 takes into account change the conditions under which Cristina Kirchner serves her house arrest.
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