Javier Altamirano Health Update: Latest News and Updates After Seizure During Estudiantes vs Boca Juniors Match

2024-03-27 19:11:00
Javier Altamirano remains on the sidelines of professional practice since the match between Estudiantes and Boca Juniors

Javier Altamirano’s health keeps the entire football universe in suspense after he suffered seizures 27 minutes into the match between Estudiantes and Boca Juniors on March 17 for matchday 11 of the League Cup. Due to this event, the match was suspended and the player missed the call to represent Chile in two friendlies with a victory against Albania (3-0) and a defeat against France (3-2).

As the days went by, the trans-Andean midfielder’s condition evolved to the point that this Tuesday he received a medical discharge, as stated in the report provided by Pincha on their social networks: “Today the footballer was discharged.” sanatorium, retiring to his private home to continue with relative rest.” It should be remembered that Altamirano had been referred after the quick attention of specialists to the Platense Medical Institute, near the Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium, where the match against Xeneize was played.

Minutes after what happened, Estudiantes coach Eduardo Domínguez stated: “It was very difficult, one entered the locker room and the boys were crying. He is very loved. His wife is pregnant and she was in the audience. Everyone looking for her to be with him. Luckily, the family moved very quickly and Javi is here in front with his wife.” “We talked about it in the locker room. Students is a family, someone of ours is sick and we have to be there. I don’t know how much we can help, but The group is moved, in shock. Some with anger or sadness,” she noted.

In this sense, the campus doctor, Hugo Montenegro, provided details of what happened: “It’s okay, It was a seizure. He was admitted, all the studies were done, laboratory, a tomography that was good, tumorous things were ruled out; From now on she was under observation.” The day after the event, he was transferred to the Italian Hospital, also in La Plata, where the analyzes continued, the results of which determined that the cause of the seizures suffered in the field were due to “a thrombosis of the superior longitudinal sinus (brain)”, due to which was anticoagulated. Later, He was referred to the Fleni Institute in Buenos Aires, specialized in neurological cases.

The Estudiantes medical report by Javier Altamirano

One of the colleagues who visited him was Zaid Romero. The central defender published a selfie on his personal Instagram account with Altamirano and dedicated a message to him when he left the intensive care unit and was housed in a common room: “Happy to see you smile, which is what identifies you, friend. I love you very much”.

Javier Altamirano, 24, came to Estudiantes after acquiring 50% of his economic rights for one million dollars from Huachipato of Chile last August and signed a contract until June 2026. He scored one goal and one assist in 16 games with the La Plata entity within a period in which it lifted the Argentine Cup. His performance in Argentine soccer returned him to the consideration of the Chilean team, since he had only played 72 minutes with La Roja in a friendly against Cuba in June 2023.

On a football level, it is unknown when his return to the field could be, while the suspended match still does not have a certain conclusion date. TNT Sports stated the possibility of it resuming on the second weekend of April, but there is no official confirmation. The resolution of the match is fundamental for the future of Zone B, because both teams are fighting for qualification to the quarterfinals of the League Cup.

* With information from EFE

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