Zeman hospitalized, “I wait for outcome other exams”: news on his health

Last October, Zeman had been struck by a stroke that had caused him an emiparous in his right arm. Zeman “still has more than motor disorders”, struggles to articulate words, but has “spent a quiet night”, it is still learned.

Latest news on his health status

“I have seen Zeman, he struggles to speak, but he understands the situation. He nods, he collaborates with the health workers. I would not say that he is particularly heartbroken, or in any case he does not give him to see, but he realizes very well of his condition and why he is in the hospital,” he says to Adnkronos Salute Alessandro Olividirector of the complex operating unit of neurosurgery and director of the Gemelli neuroscience department.

“We do not know if he will come back to speak, time will tell us – explains Olivi – it depends on how much the cerebral tissue has been in suffering. At the moment he has difficulty in language and movements on the right side of the body. He is alert, he collaborates with the doctors to whom he responds with notes of the boss, nodding. He understands everything. Now he will have to do other tests”.

“We do not know when and if Zeman will return to speak. It all depends on the extent and duration of the cerebral ischemia that hit him. We need time and in -depth investigations, including magnetic resonance imaging with angiological study, fundamental because he reveals entity, location and duration of the event. Furthermore, to have a clearer picture, a study of the vases that bring blood to the brain is also necessary. There has been a mechanism that blocked the normal flow of blood to the blood brain. Hence the hospitalization of the former coach of Rome and Lazio. Giulio Mairainternationally renowned neurosurgeon, in the past owner of the chair of neurosurgery and director of the Institute of Neurosurgery of the Gemelli Polyclinic.

Even the path that awaits the Bohemian technician “depends on the type of ischemia and its duration – explains Maira – if it is a transitory form, which lasts a few moments, no problem. If instead the ischemia has been more prolonged, then the brain area may not have complete recovery possibility”. And it also depends on the stroke that hit Zeman last October. “I don’t know how extensive it is.” Certainly “will have to make motor rehabilitation with a physiotherapist – concludes Maira – to see if he can return to move and walk”.