Overview
- He was admitted to Hospital Cantegril for a urinary infection that progressed to a viral bloodstream infection with low blood counts, according to his wife.
- From the clinic, Samid and his wife requested an urgent air ambulance and he publicly criticized Buenos Aires and national officials for not responding.
- Buenos Aires health minister Nicolás Kreplak said he spoke with Samid and mediated with the patient's private health insurer to organize the transfer.
- A private aircraft departed Punta del Este at 3:50 p.m. and landed at Buenos Aires Aeroparque at 4:29 p.m., where he was moved for continued care.
- Family members describe him as delicate but stable as diagnostics continue in Buenos Aires, and reports note he had court permission to travel despite prior exit restrictions.