A kinesiologist working in the public health field of Futerrono commune is in poor health and is hospitalized at the Valdivia base hospital with meningoencephalitis.
Pro player Eric Sandalla underwent surgery on Wednesday night, October 18, and was moved to the ICU to recover, indicating the seriousness of his condition.
“He had meningoencephalitis, which is part of the meningitis family, which in this case is caused by bacteria,” he told Diary of Futrono Bárbara Pérez, Partner at Eric Sandalla.
“Although the tests are inconclusive, everything points to the culprit being pneumococcal bacteria, which causes pneumonia,” he said, adding that the kinesiologist had recovered from bronchopneumonia a few days earlier.
it is not contagious
Barbara wanted to make it clear that the disease that affected Eric was not contagious, as she had received comments about alleged meningitis and there were even reports of an outbreak of this disease in Cesfam in Futrono, but she ruled it out completely this possibility.
“It is not contagious, you are not infected with it and you cannot catch it,” he said, adding that if this terrible disease breaks out, health centers will initiate strict hygiene protocols, which is not necessary. of.
On this day, Barbara Perez posted on social networks that Eric was seriously injured and asked everyone to pray for his recovery. “Keep praying and praying for him and I’m sure he’ll get out of this and we’ll spend some time with Eric,” he requested.
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