03/08/2021 17:46
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 03/08/2021 17:46
The Minister of Health of Corrientes, Ricardo Cardozo, suffered a decompensation on Monday and the truck that was driving towards the city of Goya crashed.
Inside the vehicle they
found a box with a batch of vaccines against the coronavirus
, official sources confirmed.
In an official statement, the Government of Corrientes -in charge of the radical Gustavo Valdés "explained that" Cardozo
personally transferred the vaccines destined for Goya
on the occasion within the framework of the Vaccination Plan against Covid-19 that the Province is carrying out in the provincial interior ".
And they added that he was traveling to Goya "to strengthen the Vaccination Plan."
Always according to the official statement, Cardozo suffered a cardiac decompensation that caused him to have a traffic accident without consequences.
Given the increase in active cases of COVID-19 in #Goya, the Crisis Committee of the Ministry of @saludcorrientes is working with preventive measures to cut the chain of contagion.
We continue working together with each municipality to protect everyone's health!
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- Government of Corrientes (@CorrientesGob) March 8, 2021
Although there was no official explanation of the reasons for the minister to personally transport the vaccines
in a private car, without a driver and without the usual sanitary protocols
, the Government reported that "the necessary measures were quickly taken to protect the vaccines" and that the Ministry of Health "through the corresponding area will complete the transfer of the same to the destination."
The episode starring the Corrientes minister took place around 9 o'clock, on Maipú avenue at the corner of Guayquiraró street in the capital of Corrientes, where the truck that the official was driving hit a Toyota Hilux head-on.
Material damage was reported and it was added that both the drivers and the companions were unharmed.
However, the minister was transferred to the Corrientes Cardiology Institute where he
underwent a cardiac catheterization that found acute coronary lesions
responsible for the event.
"He was immediately subjected to an angioplasty with three coronary stents, which were implanted successfully and without complications," reported sources from that health center.
In the official statement distributed by the House of Government of Corrientes, they indicated that the official "has great responsibility in the fight that the province is leading against Covid-19, dedicating many hours a day to that task, so, although it has not concluded even the medical evaluation of the episode that he suffered, they think that he is subjected to significant physical wear and tear and that it could be the cause of the episode that occurred ".
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