Overview
- Petersen remains in the intensive care unit of Hospital Dr. Ramón Carrillo in San Martín de los Andes after a severe collapse during a mountain ascent.
- Neuquén’s Health Ministry issued a prior bulletin confirming multiorgan failure, with care initially in Junín and then in San Martín de los Andes.
- A Dec. 24 Instagram communiqué from his family thanked both hospital teams and described steady day-by-day progress after an early cardiologic concern evolved into multiorgan failure.
- The Argentine Mountain Guides Association said his behavior changed overnight, prompting a descent, notification to National Parks, and a request for Gendarmería assistance.
- Media reports citing journalist Fernanda Iglesias claim a toxicology screen was positive for cocaine and MD, a detail not confirmed by the family or hospital, while his son Hans posted a wordless Instagram story interpreted as hopeful.