CFK 'in good health' after low blood pressure bout

In a communiqué released by the Presidential Doctors' Unit, doctors said the Head of State is “in good health” and was to work from the presidential residence in Olivos, following the cancellation of official activities yesterday due to a bout of low blood pressure.

According to the statement, signed by doctors Luis Buonomo and Marcelo Ballesteros, the president’s medical profile has improved since yesterday after “a confimed diagnosis of hypotension.”

On Wednesday, a press release released by the presidential unit doctors said that the head of state “fainted” and that it had been suggested that she "suspend work activities and rest all day."

This is not the first time that Fernández de Kirchner, 59, has suffered a blackout due to low blood pressure (hypotension). The President has suffered similar ailments in January, April and October 2011, forcing her to postpone activities including a trip to Mexico.

In 2009, Fernández de Kirchner cancelled two official visits: to Cuba in January, and to South Korea in February. In her public return after the first clinical episode during her first term in office, Fernández de Kirchner explained that she is a “chronic hypotonic.”

On January 4, the President underwent a surgery for a suspected thyroid gland carcinoma, which was diagnosed as benign after the operation.