Through a public statement, Clínica Bío Bío confirmed that the former Governor of Concepción Robert Contreras He entered the emergency facility affected by covid-19 on Sunday night, after which he was admitted to the ICU.

Leonidas Romero, RN deputy and member of the same party as the former provincial authority, pointed out that his friend “is currently connected to a mechanical ventilator.”

“That’s wrong, his family is in quarantine, therefore he cannot visit him. I hope to God it goes well. He is a man of effort, of work, brave, ”he told Radio Bío Bío.


Meanwhile, the Mayor Sergio Giacaman he tweeted this Monday afternoon that he is “very concerned about the evolution of (Contreras).”

“We look forward to your speedy recovery and we trust that it will come out of this difficult moment. My love to his family and all my support and prayer ”, he added.

From the clinic they detailed that the picture of the former governor progressed to severe respiratory failure, for which he is admitted to the ICU, where he remains in serious condition connected to invasive mechanical ventilation.