VENEZUELA: Argentine singer Gustavo Cerati remains hospitalized after 'mini stroke"

Record ID: 588841

  • Title: VENEZUELA: Argentine singer Gustavo Cerati remains hospitalized after 'mini stroke"
  • Date: 20th May 2010
  • Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (MAY 18, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIORS OF HOSPITAL WHERE GUSTAVO CERATI IS BEING TREATED VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY ROOM SIGN OUTSIDE HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF SURGEON WHO OPERATED ON CERATI IN LOBBY OF HOSPITAL (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HOSPITAL SPOKESPERSON ADOLFREDO SAEZ SAYING: "Really, a problem arose. There was a stroke and they had to relieve the pressure. He has just come out of the operating room." CAMERA OPERATOR (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HOSPITAL SPOKESPERSON ADOLFREDO SAEZ SAYING: "It is too early to give a prognosis for his recovery. However, we hope and his body will tell us. The first 72 hours are critical, obviously and we hope to give you more information then." VARIOUS OF FRONT DOORS OF HOSPITAL LOBBY
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2010 13:00
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  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz,Health
  • Reuters ID: LVA94ZPGDTTHSWVXTX4J7INK5JO0
  • Story Text: After suffering a minor stroke Gustavo Cerati remains hospitalized in Venezuela. The Argentine singer underwent surgery to relieve the pressure on his brain.
    Popular Argentine singer and former Soda Stereo bandleader Gustavo Cerati remains in stable but "delicate" condition after undergoing surgery to relieve pressure on
    his brain doctors said Tuesday (May 18).
    "A problem arose. There was a stroke and they had to relieve the pressure," said hospital spokesperson Adolfredo Saez. "He has just come out of the operating room."
    "It is too early to give a prognosis for his recovery," said Saez. "The first seventy two hours are critical, obviously and we hope to give you more information then."
    The 50-year-old musician was hospitalized after performing in Caracas on Sunday (May 19) night when he suffered a transient ischemic attack, or 'mini stroke'.
    Cerati is recovering in the Trinity Medical Centre in Caracas.
    A transient ischemic attack is characterized by a change of blood supply to a part of the brain.
    If symptoms persist over a period of more than 24 hours it can be categorized as a stroke.
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