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Prominent Cuban baseball manager remains seriously ill

Havana, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) The outstanding Cuban baseball professor and coach Armando Ferrer Ruz, director of the Matanzas team in the National Series, remains hospitalized today, at the Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital, in serious condition and with a reserved prognosis.

This was stated by Doctor Miguel Estevez del Toro in the latest medical report, made public through the digital media Jit, a publication of the Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder) of Cuba. According to the report offered by Estévez del Toro, Ferrer Ruz maintains stability in the functioning of his vital organs and has begun to recover from the sedation that was applied in health institutions in the city of Matanzas, before being transferred to the referred hospital in the capital of the country.

The diagnostic impression, according to the information, is that it is an encephalic vascular event, thrombotic type, which, due to the few hours of evolution of the patient, is not yet evident in the computerized axial tomography (CAT).

Intensivists and neurologists are keeping a close watch on the patient and tomorrow, Monday, he will undergo a CAT scan again.

Last Thursday 13, Ferrer Ruz required urgent medical attention when he suffered a loss of strength in one of his upper limbs, which was followed by involuntary movements, such as convulsions.

After the initial treatment in Matanzas, including sedation and mechanical ventilation, it was decided to transfer him to the intensive care unit of the Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital in this capital, where he has been receiving multidisciplinary care since Thursday night.

The president of the Inder, Osvaldo Vento, and the Cuban Federation of Baseball and Softball, made public through social networks wishes for the speedy recovery of who was also in charge of the national team, and are keeping abreast of his evolution.

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