Chilean Argentinean saves lives, but medical bills have already surpassed $ 650,000 – 14/02/2019

Maximiliano Conca, 40, from Tucuman, planned the holidays in Chile with his girlfriend and it seemed to him that the most practical thing was to go in his car, to travel the coast of this country. He is an architect and has a heart history. On Sunday, he had a heart attack while he was taking a road from Viña del Mar. They managed to save his life. But from this day until this Thursday, medical expenses already exceeded 650,000 pesos.

Her family is asking for help to be able to transfer him to Argentina in a medical plane because she can not afford the cost of additional studies and a possible new surgery. Agustina Conca, her sister, told Clarin that the government of Tucumán should solve the problem of renting or not renting the plane.

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The man and his partner, who have been together for two years, had no intention of spending Valentine's Day in Chile, and less so. The trip should have ended on Tuesday. But deep pain and sudden cold perspiration resulted in decompensation, while Maximiliano was driving. He did not arrive in time to brake and he hit the car.. Jorgelina, his partner, does not know how to drive and, desperately, asked for the help of a man who got in the car and took her to the naval hospital, a private clinic of excellence, which was the closest.

In this sanatorium, he remains hospitalized. The man suffered an acute myocardial infarction. "By the consulate they are trying to locate him in a public hospital that has an agreement with Argentina so that we do not continue to pay these sums of money, "said Agustina, his sister, adding that Maximiliano's mother and brother had traveled to Chile to be with him and pay attention, "Because they did not want to provide medical care without money", he explained.

Hospitalization, clarifies, "the costs $ 70,000 a day"To this we must add the extra expenses." We want to first echo the Doppler here (for Argentina) and then evaluate if you do not need a new surgery. "

Maximilian I did not engage any kind of badistance for the traveler. Her sister said that she had not done it because she did not think it necessary for a trip of a few days.

"At first, we were told that the province had authorized a medical aircraft and that only the authorization of the presidency of the nation for the trip was needed.There is still nothing concrete. The plane is in Tucumán, "said Agustina. "After twists," he added, "they finally revealed that it was an escape plane that could be conditioned to become a toilet." , we were able to verify that the file was not even created with the order of the plane.In theory, we now depend on the good will of the province of Tucumán to pay the conditioning [de la aeronave], pay the fuel and pay the pilot ".

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Maximiliano, two years ago, had already suffered a heart attack. That's why he took care of himself with food and gave up the cigarette. He had stopped taking this medication a year ago and, feeling unwell, he started taking aspirin. The infarction in Chile was at 17, after a hamburger lunch. The symptom, he explained to the doctors, was clear: left arm pain while I was driving. "Today, he has risen, he is in a good mood, which is important," said his sister.

From the provincial health system (Siprosa) of Tucumán, two possibilities were offered to him: to transfer him to an ambulance in the Cordillera to meet another one, Argentina, in which he would continue his journey up to the end of his life. in Mendoza and then take the medical plane; or ask the presidential permission for the aircraft to leave Argentina and pick it up directly in Chile.

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"The medical plane is available for the hospitalized Tucuman in Chile," said Siprosa's medical director, Gustavo Viglio. But they are waiting for permission from the Foreign Ministry. "In principle, he received two stents and a third," he explained.

"As everyone knows, in other countries, medicine is very expensive, so it is advisable to pay for insurance, which is not very expensive and allows you to stay safe outside. of our borders, "said the official.

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