Overview

• An emergency decompressive craniectomy was performed Wednesday after a CT scan detected rising intracranial pressure from brain edema.
• She is sedated and on mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit at Hospital José María Cullen.
• Doctors report she is clinically stable but in very critical condition with a reserved prognosis that demands continuous neurological monitoring.
• Santa Fe’s rapid inter-facility stroke response, including her transfer from SAMCo de Santo Tomé, facilitated timely neurosurgical intervention.
• Her health crisis has triggered constitutional convention rules for temporary delegate replacements, affecting proceedings in Santa Fe’s assembly.