Argentina’s Fernandez Recovering After Surgery on Blood Clot
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Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner underwent successful surgery this morning to remove a blood clot close to her brain.
Fernandez is recovering in an intensive care unit, doctors from the Favaloro Foundation clinic in Buenos Aires said in a statement. Fernandez, 60, was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma on Oct. 5, eight weeks after a blow to the head, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said, without providing further details.