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| Argentine President to Undergo Surgery for Brain Bleed |
| 2013-10-08 |
| [An Nahar] Argentine President Cristina Kirchner is to undergo surgery Tuesday for complications related to a head injury, amid uncertainty over who is in charge while she recuperates. Kirchner, 60, was greeted with encouraging words from supporters Monday, television footage showed, as she entered a Buenos Aires medical center for further testing. She was hospitalized overnight to await surgery, the Fundacion Favaloro hospital announced in a statement. The president had suffered a blow to the head on August 12, but it wasn't until Saturday that doctors detected a "chronic subdural hematoma" -- a type of brain bleed -- and ordered her to take a month's rest. Further symptoms, including a "transitory and slight" loss of muscular strength in her left arm on Sunday, prompted doctors to order surgery to drain the blood. Vice President Amado Boudou pledged to keep the government running, though he has not officially assumed the presidency. "As the president asked us, we are going to maintain the administration," Boudou said earlier Monday as he took her place at a ceremony at the Casa Rosada, Argentina's presidential palace. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Wonder if CNN will have Hillary on as a brain-injury expert? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-10-08 14:18 |
| #3 Isn't a brain a prerequisite for a brain bleed? I smell something fishy. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-10-08 08:52 |
| #2 the Caudillos are dropping like flies. Feeling OK, Evo? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-10-08 08:32 |
| #1 Seems to have had a head injury for quite a while. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-10-08 05:37 |