Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, diagnosed last April with esophageal cancer, He was admitted to a hospital in Montevideo on Thursday for the third time in less than two weeks.
Dr. Raquel Pannone, the former president’s personal physician, explained to AP that Mujica was hospitalized at the Casmu in the Uruguayan capital.due to digestive problems that led to dehydrationso you will go through a series of tests throughout the day.
“We are doing tests and improving as much as possible,” said the doctor.
Although the picture does not indicate seriousnessPannone did not report any possible hospital discharge.
Last week, Mujica, 89, had already entered a health center for the same problemafter having difficulty feeding himself as a result of the radiotherapy treatment he underwent for the malignant tumor he was diagnosed with a few months ago.
On that occasion, Pannone explained in a press conference that “the consequences of radiotherapy caused that It may be harder for him to eat and drink.”as he suffers from a kidney disease. Just a few days later, the leader of the Uruguayan left was hospitalized again, after choking during a meal, but was discharged the same day.
At the end of April, Mujica announced his own diagnosis, which he described as “something obviously very compromised and doubly complex” because he also suffers from an immunological disease.
The personal physician of former Uruguayan President José Mujica (2010-2020), Raquel Pannone. Photo EFE
A week after going public with her illness, she began daily radiotherapy sessions, which, according to her doctor, had quite successful results. “The radiotherapy was very good and we have strong convictions that the cancer was cured,” Pannone said at a press conference on August 27.
The doctor added that tests carried out later showed no evidence of the tumor, although they did point to the presence of fibrosis in the esophagus, which would be causing discomfort in Mujica.
“Radiotherapy is like a burn and we have to get the tissue to recover.. At 90 years old, everything is slower, including tissue recovery. This makes it uncomfortable for him to eat, which is why he eats less,” he explained.
Mujica was president of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015 and his government was notable for its broad social agenda. The leader from Campeche retired from the Senate and from politics in 2020, although he never stopped advocating for the causes he defends and remained active in the ranks of the leftist Frente Amplio.
His last public appearance was on August 27 at a political rally at his party headquarters, hours after he left the hospital.
