Overview
- Catalina Maglio has been transferred from the ICU to a general ward as her condition improves, her parents said outside Hospital Garrahan.
- Doctors described a severe craniofacial trauma from a metal shard that entered through the upper jaw and came to rest about two millimeters from the carotid artery.
- The explosion occurred on October 9 during a school science fair demonstration of a volcano model, which reports say involved a combustible mixture inside metal tubes.
- Catalina was flown by medical transport to Buenos Aires on October 10, received multidisciplinary care, and is now recovering with closer family access.
- Beyond Catalina, a teacher underwent surgery in San Nicolás, and 11 adults plus 4 minors were treated for varying injuries and later discharged.