(ANSA) - BUENOS AIRES, JUNE 14 - Former Argentine president Carlos Menem was hospitalized yesterday in Buenos Aires in a hospital due to serious breathing problems for which imedici diagnosed severe pneumonia, not related to the current coronavirus pandemic , excluded from a pharyngeal duplicetest. This was reported by the Telam news agency and the Perfil news portal.
The former head of state, who will turn 90 on 2 July, spent the night as a precaution in an animation unit of the 'Instituto del Diagnóstico' clinic.
assisted by his daughter Zulemita.
Three times governor of the province of La Rioja, and currently senator, Menem led the fate of the Argentinean presidential house between 1989 and 1999, introducing important neoliberal reforms and privatizing key sectors of the national economy.
Argentina: Carlos Menem in hospital
2020-06-15T07:56:59.067Z
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Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was hospitalized yesterday in Buenos Aires in a clinic due to severe respiratory problems for which doctors diagnosed severe pneumonia, unrelated to the current coronavirus pandemic, excluding ... ( HANDLE)