Overview
- The Argentine humorist sought emergency care for acute diverticulitis on his surgeon’s advice.
- After bloodwork, clinicians told him results suggested renal insufficiency and began preparing to admit him, including placing a cannula.
- A young doctor then said the analyses had been misread — Clarín reports a comma or decimal error — and the planned admission was canceled.
- Sily described intense anxiety during the episode as he imagined dialysis and death before the mistake was identified.
- He shared the account on his POP Radio show, local outlets reported his remarks, and there is no hospital statement or indication of lasting kidney damage.