The medical report on the state of health of the mayor of San Francisco, Damián Bernarte, released on Monday afternoon, indicates that “the patient is multi-invaded in intensive care, with mechanical ventilation, under sedoanalgesia and hemodynamic support with some clinical improvement.
“Evolution is as expected. The patient is better than when he was admitted to the hospital, even if he is still in a reserved state, the next 48 hours will be fundamental “, explained Dr. Rodolfo Buffa, head of the Intensive Care Department of the” JB Iturraspe “Hospital, during a press conference together with the hospital director, Valentín Vicente.
“There were no complications, which can be expected given the extent of the damage he sustained from the gunshot wound and affected organs. Fortunately it is stable, which is the most important thing and what is expected in these first 24 hours, ”said Vicente.
Buffa also said that “the prompt attention” Bernarte received in the ambulance that was near the Superdome at the time of the attack contributed to its subsequent evolution.
“Everything that was done in the first instance was fundamental,” he said and confirmed that the president of the municipality had arrived at the hospital conscious at dawn on Sunday after receiving a gunshot to the abdomen.
Buffa reiterated that “his left kidney and about 40 centimeters of the first portion of the small intestine have been removed” and that “his stomach has been repaired”.
“We can’t know exactly if there will be any sequels to the injury he sustained. The first 48 hours are those in which you need to be more attentive to the possible complications that need to be intervened. If this does not happen, we wait for the evolution and then it will have to resolve itself “, explained Buffa.
In addition, he stressed that “they did not remove the bullet (it would be caliber 22)” stuck in the left side of Bernarte’s abdomen and assured that for now this does not involve risks for the patient.
Vicente reported that Bernarte was hospitalized in an intensive care room “without police custody”, indicated that “it was not necessary to strengthen the security of the hospital” and said that the mayor’s safety is guaranteed despite the fact that justice is being held. investigating a murder attempt.
THE CAUSE
The prosecutor Bernardo Alberione, who is investigating the shooting committed against the mayor of San Francisco, said on Monday that it was an act of “personal character of private life” between the victim and the attacker, who is arrested with the ‘charge of “Attempted murder aggravated by the use of a weapon”.
The prosecutor, in the statements made to Chain 3stated that Bernarte received “a gunshot attack from a neighbor of the city, for a personal matter of the private life of both”, in reference to the dentist Carlos Lucato (52).
He added that the event had “media importance for the investiture of the victim” and that for the moment he continues to work to obtain evidence.
For his part, said the lawyer Gabriel Cornaglia, who became defender of the prisoner accused of the attack Telam that his client “denies the charge” and claims to be innocent.
“He told me it had nothing to do with it. He didn’t commit any attacks. He didn’t commit any crime,” said the lawyer, who added that “they are trying to politicize this case.”
Cornaglia also claimed that “many untrue things are said”, questioned on versions and testimonies of some neighbors in the local media that refer to an alleged romantic relationship between Lucato’s wife, who works in the municipality of San Francisco, with Mayor Bernardo .
“I’m Lucato’s brother-in-law and I don’t know anything about what they say. My client and the mayor have very well-established families. We have known each other for many years ”, then Cornaglia ruled out the existence of an extramarital affair between the mayor and the wife of the alleged attacker, as had emerged as the motive for the attack.
Similarly, the lawyer said that the defendant was transferred to the Bouwer prison, on the outskirts of the capital Córdoba, and that he will remain there until the date of the investigation is defined.
“It is flawless. Very calm and at the same time very worried about his clients, which he cannot take care of ”, adding that Lucato“ is a very recognized and respected dentist ”.
On the fact, the prosecutor Alberione explained that in the early hours of Sunday morning the mayor was leaving a party for the bank employee’s party and, as he was about to get into the car, he was approached by the dentist, who shot him with a gunshot. .22 caliber weapon not yet found.
During the treatment, Bernarte cited Lucato’s surname as that of the attacker and on the basis of this data, Renzo Lucato (27) was first arrested, but then released and his father, the dentist Carlos Lucato, was arrested with the ‘accusation of the crime of “homicide” capable of attempted aggravation with the use of a weapon “.
> With information from TÉLAM.
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