The team of specialists from the Center for Diagnostic and Advanced Medicine and Medical Conferences and Telemedicine (Cedimat) who cared for the president of the Dominican Medical Assocaition, Dr. Rufino Senén Caba announced his medical discharge on Monday, 30 October 2023. Dr. Senen Caba was hospitalized on Thursday, 27 October and diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). ACS is the term doctors use to describe a range of conditions related to sudden, reduced blood flow to the heart.
Dr. Carlos García Lithgow said the good management of the medical protocols resulted in a speedy recovery for the patient.
Senén Caba was subject to a catheterization process, while there was no need for surgery, reported the doctors who treated him. He was interned in the Intensive Care Unit to ensure top care to his condition, but he did not suffer a heart attack, as suspect originally.
Dr. Senén Caba is under much stress as the medical community confronts the medical plans and at the same time, has to deal with medical situations, such as the present dengue outbreak.
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El Dia
1 November 2023