When returning to Santo Domingo after vacationing in Las Terrenas, Brenda Castillo suffered a broken arm in a traffic accident in Samaná. The SUV she was traveling in with her daughter and husband, Julio Martínez, slid on the Las Terrenas mountain road on Sunday, 18 August 2019 in the morning.
Volleyball national team medical supervisor, physiatrist Victor Figueroa reported Castillo had “suffered a fracture in the lower third of the left humerus.” In Santo Domingo orthopedic surgeons Cesar Roque and Cesar Coradin studied her case. There is good news.
The physicians said the first medical care she received at the Centro Médico Internacional in Samaná was effective. Her physicians in Santo Domingo say that the operation carried out by Dr. William Alejo in Samaná to reposition the bones in the athlete’s arm was perfect. A second operation would not be needed.
The Dominican national volleyball team is preparing to win a slot in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The continental qualifier for the Olympics is scheduled for January 2020.
Cristobal Marte, chief of the team, said Larismer Martínez and Yaneirys “Bubula” Rodríguez would fill in for Castillo while she recovers over 8 to 10 weeks.
Castillo is one of the best liberos in the world. She is part of the Dominican senior women’s team that recently won gold in the Pan American Games that took place this August 2019 in Lima, Peru.
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19 August 2019