Former President Ion Iliescu, currently admitted to the “Agrippa Ionescu” Hospital, has had several health problems over time, most of them treated in the country.
Former President Ion Iliescu is currently admitted to “Agrippa Ionescu” Hospital
Ion Iliescu is 95 years old and is in the records of doctors for many years with more conditions.
A few years ago he was admitted to the Institute of Emergency for Cardiovascular Diseases CC Iliescu in the Capital, where he went through a heart intervention, his diagnosis being liquid pericarditis – cardiac tamponade.
In fact, against the background of hypertension and ischemic heart disease, 5 stents were mounted at Fundeni Hospital.
The 6th stent was mounted in Paris, where the doctors discovered that one of the arteries that feed his heart was blocked.
Currently, he is in Agrippa Ionescu in stable condition.
When was the last hospitalized and why
Former President Ion Iliescu was last hospitalized in October 2019 at Elias Hospital in the Capital, also because of cardiac problems.
In April 2019 he had been operated on by liquid ericarditis – cardiac tamponade, at the CC Iliescu spit in the Capital.
Admitted to Agrippa Ionescu Hospital
The first president of the post-December Romania, Ion Iliescu, is admitted to the Emergency Clinical Hospital “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu” and is still connected to the oxygen, on the Intensive Care section. We remind you that Ion Iliescu is 95 years old and was admitted Monday evening after accusing breathing problems. Through a posting on social networks, the representatives of the Emergency Clinical Hospital “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu” revealed the diagnostic suspicions of Iliescu's health.
An oncologist explained for the truth that the diagnostic suspicion made to Ion Iliescu indicates the presence of a tumor, but requires additional investigations to find out: “We are talking about a biopsy but also imaging investigation through Computer Tomograph”.
In recent years, Ion Iliescu has no public appearances, but he transmitted messages on his blog. The last such message was the one on May 19, in which Nicuşor Dan was congratulated for the election as president.
“Following the investigations carried out so far, the stage diagnosis is a formation replacement in lung level, advanced loco-regional. The investigations are continued to establish the final diagnosis. Under the administered treatment, the clinical state is easily improved from the previous day. It is conscious, stable hemodynamic“, States the representatives of the hospital. Asked by the reporters”truth”, Several doctors commented on the diagnostic suspicion of the former president.
“It can be cyst, abscess or tumor”
Corneliu Saradan, an experienced doctor, says that the diagonstic suspicion “Pulmonary space replacement formation, advanced loco-regional”, can include a broad spectrum. From an abscess to a tumor formation in the lungs. “As this formulation shows, it is clear that something is in that space at the pulmonary level. It can be a cyst, an abscess or a tumor of another nature. The fact that a replacement formation has been discovered does not mean that it is necessarily the darkest scenario, that is cancer. There are also benign formations.”
But the primary oncologist Mirela Movanuu says that this diagnostic suspicion indicates the presence of a tumor. But it requires additional investigations to find out its nature. “As this stage diagnosis indicates, it is probably a tumor at the lung level. But it takes additional investigations to find out what it is. We are talking about a biopsy but also imaging investigation through Computer Tomograph, carefully and to the abdominal and pelvic area“says the oncologist.
