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Catalan President Salvador Illa to Remain Hospitalized for Two Weeks as Doctors Investigate Leg Weakness

Hospital Vall d'Hebron will pursue further tests with intensive rehabilitation following a sudden loss of leg strength.

Overview

  • The medical team says Illa is stable and expects roughly two weeks of inpatient care to complete diagnostics and begin intensive rehabilitation.
  • CT and multiple MRIs have ruled out emergent vascular and tumoral causes, and clinicians are considering a possible inflammatory origin pending a definitive diagnosis.
  • Doctors report slight improvement and anticipate his transfer from intensive care to a ward as his rehabilitation program starts.
  • Under succession protocol, Conseller de la Presidència Albert Dalmau has assumed the president’s functions, and the cabinet will share the suspended agenda.
  • The episode followed a morning run; Illa still attended a closed meeting in Ascó before seeking treatment, and he has paused public events including the Granollers half marathon while working from the hospital.