Article author:
Associated Press
Buenos Aires (AP) — Paraguay's former president and current senator Fernando Lugo was in a medically-induced coma Wednesday after suffering a stroke. The doctor said his condition was stable with no evidence of significant lesions.
It's a lesion that allows us to be a little more optimistic," said Dr. Jorge Querrier, who, like Lugo, is a senator for the left-leaning Frente Guas Coalition.
21} Lugo, 71, was transferred to another hospital for further examination.The former president appears to have ignored minor symptoms that may be related to the stroke he experienced earlier in the day. He then had a convulsion while in the Senate office, describing it as "what people usually know as an epileptic seizure."
Former Catholic bishop Lugo, since 2008 He served as president until 2012, when he was impeached by the Senate. He remains the only left-leaning president elected in Paraguay's recent history.
"The lesions are relatively small," Querrier said. "If we don't find anything out of the ordinary other than what we've already found, it might be manageable." remains in a coma induced by
Queries, which oversee much of the former president's care, warned that "he is a chronic patient" due to previous illnesses, but results could be "minimal."
Lugo, who was diagnosed with lymphoma during his presidency, had high blood pressure and was on medication to improve blood circulation. He was treated for cancer in Brazil and doctors said his lymphoma was in complete remission.
