
The former parliamentarian, hospitalized in Havana after a worsening of his condition, underwent surgery again. The return flight by air ambulance was cancelled.
The return to Italy of Alessandro Di Battista, who was hospitalized in Cuba and underwent a new surgery in Havana due to a worsening of his health conditions, has been postponed.
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Alessandro Di Battista was in Cuba for a reportage when he was hospitalized following severe head pain.
The return to Italy of Alessandro Di Battista has been postponed and, for now, he remains in Cuba, where he underwent surgery on 5 September, due to a worsening of his condition. The former parliamentarian was ready to undertake the journey back to Rome, aboard an air ambulance: a journey in stages that should have led him to Italy yesterday, before being admitted to the Gemelli Polyclinic. Instead, according to various reconstructions, shortly before take-off it was decided to go back and subject him to a surgical operation in Havana.
The announcement of the postponed flight
The announcement of the postponed flight was made on Saturday morning by Schierarsi, Di Battista's association, who also asked "everyone to maintain maximum discretion and prudence in disseminating information, awaiting further updates". The post was also relaunched by the account of the former five-star parliamentarian.
What happened to Di Battista
The activist and reporter, who was in Cuba for a reportage for Il Fatto Quotidiano, has been in the Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital in Havana for a week, where he was transported after an initial hospitalization in serious conditions in Santa Clara, following severe pain in his head. In recent days, the mother of her two children and two doctors from the Gemelli hospital - a neurosurgeon and a resuscitator - arrived in the Cuban capital to collaborate with the Cuban medical team.
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