Paraguay
Hugo Javier González shows improvement and still cannot testify before the Prosecutor's Office
The director of the National Hospital of Itauguá reported that the former governor of Central is regaining consciousness and responding to verbal stimuli. According to La Nación Paraguay, prosecutors will return to the medical center to follow his condition.
Hugo Javier González is showing a favorable evolution and is recovering consciousness, according to information provided by the director of the National Hospital of Itauguá, Miguel Ferreira, as reported by La Nación Paraguay.
The doctor said that the former governor of Central is no longer using a ventilator and is responding to verbal stimuli and instructions from the health team. He also explained that, because of the tracheostomy, he cannot speak, although he is able to communicate through lip movements and gestures.
Ferreira clarified that, for now, González is not in condition to testify before the Public Prosecutor’s Office over the episode that occurred on the night of Sunday, September 6, in his cell at the Esperanza Industrial Penitentiary Unit, in Tacumbú, Asunción. In that context, La Nación Paraguay indicated that prosecutors Luis Chamorro and Sonia Sanguinés were scheduled to appear at the hospital this Tuesday to gather information on his condition.
The investigation into the case remains open and, still according to that outlet, the Prosecutor’s Office is handling two hypotheses about the incident that led to a skull injury: an assault and an accidental fall, the latter being the strongest line of inquiry so far.
Regarding his overall condition, Ferreira said the patient woke up stable, without fever, with good cardiovascular and kidney function, and with the meningitis under control. He also said that, if this evolution continues, he could leave the intensive care unit before the initially estimated one-month period.
The hospital director added that it is still too early to speak of possible aftereffects from the brain injuries, although he stressed that the evolution is encouraging.
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