Overview
- The chef was taken to Hospital Alemán on the night of Wednesday, May 20, and remains admitted in a specialized care unit for observation.
- Hospital Alemán issued a medical bulletin saying Petersen is clinically stable, receiving integrated treatment and continuous interdisciplinary follow‑up.
- Early television reports on LAM said he arrived with hallucinations and was routed to psychiatry after stabilization, which sparked wide media attention.
- Petersen’s son Hans and brother Roberto publicly denied a psychotic episode and said the admission is for planned medication regulation and cardiac checks.
- The new internment follows a December multiorgan failure on Volcán Lanín that required about 26 days in intensive care and a January discharge, so doctors are continuing cardiac follow‑up while protecting patient privacy.