He is in an intensive care unit in this city, after suffering a heart attack the deputy of Valverde province for the Modern Revolutionary Party, Jose Francisco Lopez Chavez.
According to a source close to the legislator, he suffers from leukemia, a disease that was complicated by contracting COVID-19 during the past year 2021, for that reason he had to travel several times for medical treatment in the US. Then he returned to the country where in recent months he remained carrying out his work as a legislator and politician in a limited manner due to his condition.
He is currently in a medical Center of this city of Santiagoafter having suffered a heart failure, and since Saturday night he had to be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) of a clinic.
Rumors spread on social networks indicate that the deputy died this Sunday afternoon, however, the source consulted by Diario Libre explained that the devices connected to his body keep him alive.
Sick since last year
In the month of July 2021, the deputy published a statement in which he stated that he had been discharged in the US where he was receiving post-COVID-19 treatment:
“With joy we inform you that we have already been discharged by the doctors who assisted us in the United States. Eternally grateful to God, who has blessed us with health and the joy of being with my family and friends in these difficult times. .
We will continue in the future, by order of our doctors, in a strict regimen of care, to keep us healthy and thus be able to serve, as we have always done to my province and the country… Gratitude to all those who prayed for our health. “, López explained in the published statement.