Jorge Rial’s personal doctor, Dr. Guillermo Capuya, spoke to C5N and recounted how the cardiac episode that led to the hospitalization of the driver took place on Saturday afternoon in Colombia. also explained how his state of health is evolving and what can be expected in the next few hours.
In dialogue with the program Argentina live (C5N, Sunday at 9), Capuya revealed that he “talked to the doctors in Bogotá”, city where the journalist is hospitalized, after suffering severe chest pains during his holidays in that country.
In this sense, Rial’s doctor revealed how was the step by step of your hospitalization: “Yesterday (Saturday) at 3.40 pm I received a message from Jorge explaining that he had had an episode which led him to consult the clinic.”
During his story, the doctor took the opportunity to deny the statements of Ángel de Britowho had expressed on his Twitter account that the Colombian health system was “precarious”: “The clinic is on the front line, it has all the services, it’s called the Country Clinic”.
In that communication, Morena and Rocío’s father explained their situation at the clinic: “He told me he would do a catheterization to see how he was, let’s remember that he has a history of cardiologyso it was preventive.”
As for the studies prior to this episode that the driver of Argentzuela the specialist revealed: “I was looking at the studies we did on Jorge a few months ago and everything went well on the coronary side, in the checkup we did in November everything went well”.
“During his hospitalization in the coronary unit have had an episode of low blood pressure, they had to place a stent because there was a blockage in some arteries e problem solved“He went on to recount what happened at the clinic.
On the conditions in the city where he is hospitalized, the doctor made a clarification: “Jorge was sedated and he was worried, me too. Recall that Bogota is 2,600 meters high, which is no small problemwe come from zero to sea level and pass there where lat pressure is less, where the available oxygen is also less”.
“He’s still asleep, sedated, he’ll wake up little by little“, he specified on the state of health in these hours of the former nutritionist Romina Pereiro.
“The chief of intensive care gave me the results of the laboratories, the situation is slowly improving“He explained to the journalist the studies that are being done in Bogotá.
How is Jorge Rial’s health evolving?
Regarding what can be expected for the next few days, Capuya announced: “Maybe we travel so that it’s not just there and try to see when he wakes up what it will be like to generate a transfer”. It should be noted that the driver’s daughters have already traveled to Colombia.
“It won’t move today or tomorrowLet’s hope he’s in excellent condition to be transferred without problems,” he clarified in reference to the time they are calculating for Jorge Rial’s return to Argentina.
“Jorge had a checkup six months ago, I sent studies to Colombia now and the truth is this the results were normal Everything went well,” the doctor said about the driver’s state of health as he left the country for the holidays.
When asked about the causes that could have triggered this episode, the specialist listed them: “I think they have occurred a combination of situations, maybe it was work, stress and height“.
“Occasionally I was concerned about that sudden drop in blood pressure which he had at one point, but I was in the right place and at the right timewhere doctors have been able to solve this problem and now the laboratories are improving, little by little it will awaken,” he said.
“The intensive care doctor in Colombia keeps me constantly updated of Jorge’s evolution, so I’m quite knowledgeable on the subject,” he indicated regarding the fluid communication he maintains with the private clinic in the Colombian capital.
“Jorge had a serious cardiac event that he is recovering from because it has been resolved and we hope that when he wakes up we can have his direct voice to know that he is in good condition”, he expressed his best wishes regarding the health of the journalist.
Source: Clarin
