"I never thought it could happen to me"

By Diego Vain [email protected]

Alejandro Weremczuk was at home silent, with his girlfriend, and was preparing to enjoy the Superclásico between River and Boca for the Copa Libertadores, but fate knocked on his door and suddenly became the protagonist of the day. a busy Saturday.
The adoption missionary (born in Cordoba but having lived much of his life in Puerto Rico) is the resident chef of the Otamendi sanatorium, where Pablo Pérez and Gonzalo Lamardo were transferred, the players affected by the attack of the Boca microphone. the preview of the match
"I was sitting at home watching the preview with my girlfriend when everything happened … I repaired my cellphone and they got me out. asked to go to the sanatorium because they were going to take Boca players there, "Weremczuk said. "They were going to take them away first and as I was running the residents, I had to go to the sanatorium," he added.
The ophthalmologist went to Pablo Pérez and Gonzalo Lamardo and was reminded that upon their arrival, "they were shocked, a little angry at the situation".
"Any conjunctival inflammatory reaction is attributed to a gas.What erosion, we attribute to an external object.Or, we did not see any glbad at the time of the serve, "said Weremczuk.
So far everything is normal. The ophthalmologist treated the patients and gave them their diagnoses. "The prognosis was not 4 or 5 days of recovery (this was reported in several media) .I said I had to check them at 24 hours," he recalls.
When the doctor told them that they could not play "they have very well badimilated it," he said. "We finished receiving them, they had to coordinate everything to get them out, because there were a lot of people, I gave them their diagnosis and they left," he said.
There he received the collateral hit for being part of the Superclásico. "I changed the last one.After I understood what it meant.When they took my statement and made me sign papers for a clerk, I understood the "I never thought that it could happen to me," he acknowledged.

"Let me see"

But the news was still not widespread. The match was postponed until the next day and the patients returned at noon on Sunday.
"The next day, Pablo Pérez was almost resolved, but the vision was not perfect for what he needed," Weremczuk said. "On Sunday, at the next test, it was decided that the match was played, then Pablo Perez wanted to play, he told me to show me, but when I saw that I was not there. I had no visual acuity, I tried to explain that I could not play, "he said.
A few hours later, Boca asked not to play and finally the return match of Copera was postponed, but that of the Tierra Colorada was filled with messages and calls. He became a protagonist of this long finale.

"I do not ask the patient what equipment it is"

After the second check, Alejandro was encouraged to ask Pablo Pérez for a photo that went viral in a few hours. The version of a supporter of River Assistant in the Boca midfield has begun to circulate and, while true, the desire to sell has only served to downplay the work of the professional.
"I do not think I have a relationship, I'm not a fan, I love football, I come from my father's river, my family and the truth is that I do not ask each patient to know which equipment "These things are left out," said one who comes to Misiones once a month to work at the Ophthalmic Clinic in Puerto Rico that has his father (Juan Carlos).