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Alberto Samid Flown to Buenos Aires on Medical Flight After Punta del Este Hospitalization

Provincial mediation with his insurer arranged the air transfer following his family's public plea.

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.