Cuban double Olympic champion Alberto Juantorena Danger left this Friday from the intensive care unit of the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK)in Havana, thanks to the progressive improvement in his state of health.
According to the most recent medical report issued by Dr. Enrique Lama Fernández, a first degree specialist in intensive medicine and emergencies at that institution, the current president of the Cuban Athletics Federation remains reported as a patient of care, according to a note of the sports portal Hit.
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The report reviewed by the media indicates that Juantorena presents clinical, pulmonary and imaging improvement. Furthermore, he adds that he remains conscious, oriented and hemodynamically stable.
The outstanding former runner, monarch of the 400 and 800 meters in the Olympic Games of Montreal 1976, continues to ventilate spontaneously and without the need for supplemental oxygen, highlights the medical report reviewed by Hit.
Last Friday, August 12, it had been reported that Juantorena was hospitalized at the IPK, presenting bronchopneumonia and cardiovascular decompensation “with a history of symptoms of COVID-19 acquired abroad” and that “complications” had appeared, as reported then specialized site.
A day later, and through the same medium, transcended that the analyzes carried out on the former athlete confirmed that he suffered from a dengue serotype 3, and that the complications forced him to receive mechanical ventilation and support with vasoactive drugs at that time, to improve his critical condition.
However, with the passing of days, and thanks to the medical actions carried out, the double Olympic monarch has been evolving positively until he left intensive care. However, he remains hospitalized and closely followed by specialists in order to avoid a relapse.
