Cristina Kirchner to Undergo Emergency Surgery on Tuesday

Argentine President, Cristina Kirchner will go through emergency surgery. The charge in her absence will be given to unpopular proxy who is dogged by allegations related to corruption, increasing economic problems and a struggle of political succession.

Doctors of Mrs. Kirchner said that she is scheduled to go through a procedure on Tuesday to drain blood between her brain and skull that has caused new and worrying symptoms.

The 60-year-old president was diagnosed with a chronic subdural hematoma on Saturday. A blood clot was developed after she suffered from a head injury in August.

Mrs. Kirchner was ordered on Saturday to take off for a month to recover from the hematoma, said her physicians. She complained of headaches, scratchy sensations and loss of mobility in her left arm on Sunday.

Many experts said that the surgery is considered to be less risky. Fernando Scazzuso, specialist at the Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute ICBA, said "the president will likely be able to return home in a week and resume normal functions in a month".

Amado Boudou, the vice president who will take charge in her absence, compared the current situation to January 2012, when he held the presidency for almost three weeks because the president had undergone the surgery to remove a noncancerous growth on a thyroid gland.


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