José Mujica: The former president of Uruguay Pepe Mujica will undergo surgery to place a stent in his esophagus

The former president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica He will be admitted at the end of this week to a medical center where a stent will be placed in his esophagus as part of his treatment.

This was reported by the portal of the Uruguayan Press Association and this Tuesday the EFE Agency confirmed it with its personal doctor, Raquel Pannone.

“What we are going to do is place a stent in the esophagus so that it allows him to maintain the nutrition as he was now.”explained the doctor, who added that the procedure will surely be carried out this Friday.

On April 29 of this year, Mujica He announced at a press conference that he had a tumor in his esophagus.

“I need to inform you that last Friday I went to the (hospital center) Fall to have a check-up in which it was discovered that I have a tumor in the esophagus, which is obviously very serious and is doubly complex in my case, because I have been suffering from an immunological disease for more than 20 years,” the former president said that day.

Shortly after, he noted that the tumor was malignant and should be treated with radiotherapy, a procedure that was carried out in Montevideo.

In August, Mujica He was admitted to the sanatorium again because the feeding difficulties generated by the radiotherapy treatment worsened his kidney function.

Nevertheless, Pannone He indicated at that time: “The radiotherapy was very good and we have strong convictions that the cancer was cured, that there is no more. We did CT scans several times these days in different places and that shows that there is no evidence of the tumor.”

In September, Mujica underwent surgery and had a gatrostomy for food.

“This gastrostomy It allows us safe access for food and hydration, with a good flow and allows the esophagus to repair itself naturally while this is happening. That is what we are betting on: to have it better nourished, well hydrated and give the esophagus time to complete the natural recovery stages.”, Pannone pointed out after the intervention.

In November, Mujica gave an interview to the EFE Agency in which he sent a message to young people: “I ask young people not to feel broken, that the true triumph in life is to get up and start again every time one falls in all areas: in work, in love and in hope.”