Overview
- The 8-year-old was gravely injured in a UTV collision in the La Frontera dunes of Pinamar on January 12 and required emergency care for multiple skull fractures and a severe liver injury.
- Passing doctors Melina Santillán and Juan José Torres performed immediate bystander CPR at the scene, and Bastián was stabilized in Pinamar, treated in Mar del Plata, then airlifted to Hospital Italiano de San Justo.
- After 136 days in hospital and nearly a dozen surgeries and procedures, Bastián was moved in late June from Hospital Italiano to a rehabilitation clinic in Pilar to begin targeted recovery.
- Clinicians are completing evaluations to design a multidisciplinary plan focused on motor work, swallowing therapy and speech therapy while respiratory support is gradually reduced and visits start with close family.
- A criminal probe at the Fiscalía Descentralizada N°5 of Pinamar remains open to determine responsibility for the January crash and the move to rehab highlights the long, resource‑intensive recovery the family now faces.