Former President of Uruguay Jose Mujica This Friday he left the sanatorium where he was hospitalized and where he underwent surgery last Saturday, to return home, where he will continue his recovery.

This was announced at a press conference by her personal physician Raquel Pannone, who emphasized that The former president is doing better, and the gastrostomy performed a few days ago has worked..

“There you can inject a drug specially designed for meet your nutritional needs“The fact that he tolerated it very well allowed him to improve his general condition. So much so that he simply discharged himself,” he explained.

In this sense, he confirmed that Mujica will continue to eat this way for as long as necessary to ensure adequate nutritional intake. esophageal injury recedes.

«We’re going to test oral tolerance. and when he can again eat satisfactorily by mouth, the gastrostomy we made will be removed,” Pannone explained.

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On the other hand, he said that the former president I will continue to be treated at home and it is expected that he will gradually be able to resume greater mobility and greater activity.

“How long will this take? I can’t tell you how long it will take, but he is impatient and motivated“We will continue to accompany you in this evolution,” concluded Pannone.

Mujica underwent surgery last Saturday to have a gastrostomy tube inserted to allow feeding. consists of inserting a feeding tube that goes directly into the stomach.

That day, Pannone noted at a press conference that he had tried to force the former president to eat orally, but the result was not entirely satisfactory, so They decided to take it up a notch and have surgery..

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“This gastrostomy gives us access to food and drink “Safe, with good flow and the ability to allow the esophagus to heal naturally. That’s what we’re looking for: to keep it well-nourished, well-hydrated and give the esophagus time to complete its natural healing stages,” he said.

He also spoke in detail about who governed Uruguay between 2010 and 2015. will be fed certain drugs or with products of appropriate consistency.

Mujica was hospitalized last Thursday in a sanatorium in Montevideo. where they began to rehydrate him after a small intake of liquid, which he received.

Pannone noted that the former president has nutritional problems due to esophageal fibrosiswhich is a consequence of the radiation therapy he received in the area in question for the malignancy he was being treated for. (EFE)