ARGENTINA: President Christina Fernandez is sent home from hospital as it emerges she never had cancer despite having been diagnosed with the disease last month and having her thyroid gland removed

Record ID: 446798

  • Title: ARGENTINA: President Christina Fernandez is sent home from hospital as it emerges she never had cancer despite having been diagnosed with the disease last month and having her thyroid gland removed
  • Date: 8th January 2012
  • Summary: PILAR, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA (JANUARY 7, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER CARRYING FERNANDEZ TAKING OFF AND FLYING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 23rd January 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina, Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAD2V4B7DJ048T8S2OZQZ3KKGO3
  • Story Text: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer despite having been diagnosed with the disease last month and having her thyroid gland removed on Jan 4, her spokesman said on Saturday (January 7).
    The government announced just after Christmas that the recently re-elected leader had thyroid cancer.
    The operation to remove the gland went well, however when the gland was analysed it turned out to have never contained cancerous cells, said spokesman Alfredo Scoccimaro.
    "The definitive histopathological examination verified the presence of nodules in both lobes of the thyroid gland of the nation's President, Dr. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner but it ruled out the presence of cancer cells, modifying the initial diagnosis," he told a news conference outside the hospital.
    "The surgical treatment was sufficient and the administration of radioactive iodine is not necessary," he added.
    The president is expected to return to work late this month.
    Several hundred Fernandez supporters had been camped out near the hospital where she was treated, carrying banners that said, "Strength Cristina."
    The president, who won re-election with 54 percent of the vote in October, is popular among Argentines who agree with her generous welfare spending. Business leaders and farmers in the country's key grains sector however say her state-centric interventions in the economy scare away investment.
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