Deputy José Miguel Ortiz was hospitalized because of Covid-19



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Deputy Jose Miguel Ortiz (Christian Democracy) was hospitalized this Saturday in a clinic in Talcahuano, in the Biobío Region, for a neunomy derived from Covid-19, which was detected last Thursday, confirmed his family to Cooperative.

The 79-year-old congressman and representative from District 20, He is hospitalized as a precaution and stable in the Intensive Treatment Unit (ICU) of the Biobío Clinic, after being referred from Las Higueras Hospital for lack of beds, according to Jose Miguel Ortiz Vera, your son.

“He entered a health residence on Monday and then he underwent a series of tests that revealed Covid-19 pneumonia. The other vital signs are fine, including a check of his psychomotor and brain function “said his son.

“He went to the ICU because he is Fonasa but in Higueras there were no beds available. The doctors say that (he will stay in the clinic) a minimum of three days, but I know something about this and I think he will do at least a week. It is not so fast, just as pneumonia is complicated. We have to wait how it evolves with the corresponding treatment, “he added.

Due to his age, the parliamentarian has already received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Another of the deputy’s sons, the mayor of Concepción, Alvaro Ortiz, reported on Facebook that his father “Fortunately it has not presented complications, so he has not needed oxygen or mechanical ventilation and as a precaution, his evolution is being monitored “.

“Regarding my mother, she continues in a health residence without major difficulties passing the stage that corresponds to him as a result of his contagion, “added the communal chief.



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