Mailén Díaz Almaguer continues in critical condition and with a reserved forecast

After 67 days of intensive treatment, the clinical course of Mailén Díaz Almaguer, the only survivor of the plane crash that occurred on May 18 in Havana, remains critical and prognostically reserved.

In statements to Cuban News Agency Dr. Edilberto González Ortíz, Director of the University Hospital "General Calixto García", stated that the young patient remains stable, with a favorable response to therapeutic actions that are conducted.

The complex situations presented in its evolution as a consequence of the traumatic injuries sustained and its impact on the functioning of the organism, where the infection played a fundamental role in these complications, does it said.

The treatment strategy designed according to his condition as an effect, which allowed us to solve the problems that arose and over which we were able to act with intensive actions in a timely manner, said the doctor.

According to the director of "Calixto García", the complexity of the mechanisms of production of trauma means that their evolutionary behavior offers complexities to medical intervention, which must be evaluated continuously for the adoption of measures necessary at any time.

Díaz Almaguer remains conscious, active, interacting with the environment and with the medical team in charge of his care, as well as with his family, continues to improve the l & # 39; 39, integration of the cognitive and affective sphere, as well as the processes of synthesis and psychological intervention is maintained, said Dr. González Ortíz.

Their organic systems function stably; he continues to breathe by the mechanical ventilator with acceptable ventilatory parameters, which allowed him to decrease, and he works so that he can breathe again by his own efforts.

Regarding his cardiovascular system, the doctor indicated that it was stabilized, which allowed to withdraw the drugs that supported this function.

We continue to work on the conservation of metabolic control, water balance and electrolytes, he said, as well as the internal environment in which all biochemical processes guarantee on the other hand, the Mailén's diet is maintained through the digestive tract and support with intravenous nutrients.

The hospital director made it clear that we must not forget that there is a potential risk of new complications developing in Mailén, which will depend on their ability to adapt to its clinical state, in which risk factors of different nature converge and which are kept under constant surveillance because of the characteristics that make it a particular patient.

It is therefore difficult to establish an objective prognosis, and his condition under current circumstances is critical, with a reserved prognosis, he said.

The aircraft crash occurred on Friday, May 18, when the Boeing 737-200 of Mexican company Damojh, leased by Cubana de Aviación, rushed after her take off from José Martí International Airport in Havana, which killed 112 people, including the crew.