Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Undergoes Laparoscopic Appendicitis Surgery After Court-Approved Transfer

Overview

• The former Argentine president was admitted on December 20 to Sanatorio Otamendi with acute abdominal pain and was diagnosed with appendicitis with localized peritonitis.
• This was her first time leaving home since June, when she began serving a six-year sentence under house arrest, and the transfer was authorized by a judge.
• Doctors performed a laparoscopic procedure on Saturday, and the hospital’s statement confirmed the diagnosis and an initial recovery without complications.
• Supporters gathered outside the Recoleta facility with messages of solidarity, including a banner reading “you will never walk alone.”
• Her confinement follows a Supreme Court ruling and a federal tribunal’s order tied to a public-works corruption case alleging funds were steered to a family associate, with reported losses of about US$1 billion.