Fernández de Kirchner recovering nicely after surgical procedure, says hospital assertion

Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is recovering nicely after present process surgical procedure over the weekend for acute peritonitis, in accordance with a medical report launched Monday.

The Peronist chief was hospitalised for “acute appendicitis with localised peritonitis” on Saturday.

“The affected person is presently present process antibiotic remedy and sustaining peritoneal drainage, with no fever or problems up to now,” mentioned the assertion from the non-public Sanatorio Otamendi in Buenos Aires, the place the veteran politician stays hospitalised.

She’s going to stay below care till her remedy programme is accomplished, mentioned the report.

Fernández de Kirchner, 72, is presently being held below home arrest at her condo at Calle San José 1111 in Recoleta, Buenos Aires Metropolis, as she serves a six-year sentence for a corruption conviction. 

The previous president was transferred with judicial authorisation after complaining of stomach ache, her media crew mentioned.

“She’s going to stay hospitalised till the related remedy is accomplished,” the medical report concluded.

Fernandez de Kirchner, a dominant and polarising determine in Argentina’s politics for greater than twenty years, served two phrases as president from 2007-2015 and returned as vice-president to Alberto Fernández de from 2019-2023.

The veteran Peronist was additionally first woman from 2003-2007, when her late husband Néstor Kirchner was president.

Fernandez de Kirchner’s frontline political profession resulted in June when the Supreme Courtroom upheld her corruption conviction over the awarding of public works contracts within the southern Patagonia area when she was president.

She was sentenced to 6 years in jail, which she was allowed to serve below home arrest with an digital ankle monitor, and banned from holding public workplace for the remainder of her life.

– TIMES/AFP/NA