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Radical senator Eduardo Costa was referred by coronavirus to Buenos Aires and was hospitalized with assisted respiration

2021-04-12T02:37:46.795Z


Since Thursday, he was in the Rio Gallegos Hospital for a picture of pneumonia. Today he arrived in Capital by medical plane.


04/11/2021 11:23 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • Politics

Updated 04/11/2021 11:34 PM

The UCR senator from Santa Cruz Eduardo Costa was referred to Buenos Aires in the last hours due to complications in a pneumonia caused by the coronavirus, as confirmed by his environment to

Clarín

.

Costa, a member of the Juntos por el Cambio bloc in the Upper House, was admitted to a common room at the Río Gallegos hospital, where he arrived with a feverish picture and symptoms of covid-19.

The doctors performed a film that showed compromise in his lungs and it was decided to leave him hospitalized.

Although the first hours he was in a good mood and at rest, without major complications, the pneumonia detected worsened this Sunday and, after a request from him, it was decided to transfer him to the City of Buenos Aires in a medical plane.

At this time, he is hospitalized on mechanical ventilation at the Los Arcos sanatorium, located in the Palermo neighborhood.

Its condition is delicate.

"My sincere wishes of recovery for you, Eduardo Costa, fellow member of the bench and representing the people of Santa Cruz. Let us pray for his health!" Asked Senator María Belén Tapia, his fellow member of the bench. 

My sincere wishes of recovery for you @EduardoCostaSC, fellow bench and representative of the Santa Crueños.


Let's pray for his health!

- María Belén Tapia (@MariabTapia) April 12, 2021

In the last hours, a message circulated in the opposition interblock explaining the seriousness of the health of the senator, the ex-husband of Mariana Zuvic, deputy of the Civic Coalition-ARI.

"His condition is critical, we pray for his speedy recovery!", Noted the WhatsApp that circulated among the leaders.

Eduardo Costa, 59, was elected senator in the 2017 legislative elections. In Santa Cruz he is one of the main opponents of Alicia Kirchner's administration and the Kirchnerist model in general.

He was a candidate for governor four times, in the 2015 elections he was established as the most voted leader with more than 10,000 votes difference with Alicia Kirchner, however he was defeated by the slogan law that added Kirchnerism to the votes of those of Daniel Peralta, then governor.

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Source: clarin

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