Overview
- Karina (Karen) Alejandra Rott, 38, fell from a third floor in Tulum on October 18 and remains in critical condition in Mérida.
- She sustained two open fractures, additional fractures in the left arm and an ankle, and lumbar vertebral injuries that require urgent surgery to prevent paralysis or limb loss.
- After initial care at Playa del Carmen’s General Hospital, she was transferred to Hospital General Agustín O’Horan in Mérida, where a surgical cleaning was performed but no definitive operation was scheduled.
- Governor Alberto Weretilneck’s Rio Negro administration arranged an air ambulance to bring her to Argentina once medical staff authorize her for flight.
- Relatives launched a fundraiser after private hospitals in Mérida quoted roughly US$35,000 for surgery, and the family says Argentina’s embassy and consulate have not provided concrete assistance.