Chavez on life support

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is on artificial respiration after undergoing a tracheotomy last week, according to reports out of Cuba.

Chávez, 58, has been suffering from complications after his fourth surgery in Havana, Cuba, to treat cancer, the Madrid, Spain-based publication ABC said.

It said doctors performed the tracheotomy after a respiratory infection blocked Chávez's breathing.

The procedure involves opening a hole in the neck so the patient can breathe without using the nose or mouth.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20121224/carib/carib3.html

another link

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/12/22/on-life-support-hugo-chavezs-health-worsening-by-the-day/

[joshcryer]

1. Since the 22nd?

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2. remember they announced the first set of "complications"

regarding a respiratory infection.

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3. latest rumour: Chavez in an induced coma on life support, Gov version: Chavez conscious

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255939/Hugo-Chavez-kept-alive-life-support-cancer-surgery.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Maduro's ironic comment:

'He's totally conscious of the complexity of his post-operative state and he expressly asked us ... to keep the nation informed always, always with the truth, as hard as it may be in certain circumstances,' Maduro said in the prerecorded interview in Havana, which was broadcast Tuesday night by the Caracas-based television network Telesur.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255939/Hugo-Chavez-kept-alive-life-support-cancer-surgery.html#ixzz2GpYHYfIm
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