Miguel Uribe Turbay has emerged from surgery, but his condition is 'extremely critical': 'With my heart in my hand'

Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay 's health condition is extremely critical after undergoing emergency surgery for acute intracerebral bleeding on Monday, June 16.

This is the report from the Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation:

The Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation reports, at the family's request, that patient Miguel Uribe Turbay has undergone surgery and is in extremely critical condition, characterized by persistent cerebral edema and difficult-to-control intracerebral bleeding.

Therefore, the patient's condition is extremely serious. He will continue to be monitored closely, with a guarded prognosis.

On Monday morning, the Santa Fe Foundation of Bogotá reported that the senator was transferred to the operating room due to intracerebral bleeding.

Early this morning, Monday, June 16, the medical entity had stated that the politician had already undergone "a complementary surgical procedure." However, hours later, it issued another statement informing of the new situation.

He reported that at 9 a.m., the senator was transferred "for emergency neurosurgery due to clinical and imaging evidence of acute intracerebral bleeding."

"Patient Miguel Uribe Turbay required transfer to the operating room a few minutes ago for emergency neurosurgery due to clinical and imaging evidence of acute intracerebral bleeding," the statement said.

A brain bleed, also called an intracerebral hemorrhage, occurs when a blood vessel ruptures inside the brain, causing blood to accumulate in brain tissue.

"Intracerebral hemorrhage is focal bleeding from a blood vessel into the brain parenchyma," Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD, of The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, explained in an article.

Following information from the Santa Fe Foundation, María Claudia Tarazona, the senator's wife, published a family statement on her Instagram account, reporting that the senator "experienced minor bleeding after the surgery on June 15."

The candidate's wife said that for this reason, "the doctors decided to operate on him again."

After the presidential candidate emerged from surgery on Monday afternoon, his wife asked for more prayers in light of the new situation.

"Today, with my heart in my hand, I have to tell you that he is fighting the most difficult battle we have ever endured," Tarazona said.

Breaking News Reporter at El Tiempo