According to information close to the family, the journalist’s health worsened on Friday, December 27, and in the last hours his condition became irreversible.
The journalist Jorge Lanata He died this afternoon at the age of 64 at the Italian Hospital, after his health condition worsened in the last few hours, after more than six months of hospitalization. The famous investigative journalist died accompanied by his family, his wife Elba Marcovecchio, and his two daughters. As reported, The farewell will take place this Tuesday in the Buenos Aires Legislature from 10:30.
Lanata was hospitalized for more than six months, between his stay at the Italian Hospital, which began on June 14, and the Santa Catalina rehabilitation clinic.
He had been in that rehabilitation center until September 18, when he had to be admitted to the Italiano again. After several surgical interventions, this Monday he finally died from a multiorgan failure.
According to information close to the family, the journalist’s health worsened on Friday, December 27, and in the last hours his condition became irreversible.
In the last official medical report that was released on Friday, December 6, the journalist was “vigilant, feverish and on mechanical ventilation during the night.”
On June 14, Lanata arrived at the Italian Hospital with the aim of undergoing a routine study, but was hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest during the procedure.
He was in intensive care for three months, until he was later referred to the Santa Catalina rehabilitation center, in San Cristóbal, but then in September he returned to the first health center.
In the middle of a series of operations, he had to enter the operating room four times due to intestinal ischemia. 70 centimeters of intestine had to be removed.
The journalist’s hospitalizations took place in the midst of a serious dispute between his wife and daughters, which even reached court.
Judge Lucila Inés Córdoba settled the fight by ruling that Bárbara, the journalist’s eldest daughter, be in charge of making decisions about Lanata’s health.
Source: Ambito
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