Overview
- The hospital’s Dec. 29 update, signed by medical director Norberto Mezzadri, reports ongoing coronary-unit care and stable hemodynamics under continuous monitoring.
- Clinicians scheduled complementary studies within the next two days as part of routine follow-up, with no further procedural details disclosed.
- Petersen was flown to Buenos Aires on Dec. 26 in a medically supervised air transfer that proceeded without complications, according to press reports citing hospital sources.
- He initially fell ill during a Dec. 12 excursion on the Lanín volcano, was treated in Junín and San Martín de los Andes, spent time in intensive care for multiorgan failure, and was later extubated before the transfer.
- Authorities and family members have requested confidentiality, and media claims about a positive toxicology remain unconfirmed in official statements; mountain guides also disputed early reports of an on-ascent stroke or arrhythmia.