CFK, Scioli inaugurate hospital in La Matanza

The head of State was present today in La Matanza alongside Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli to inaugurate the Ciudad Evita hospital, dedicated to the vice-governor Alberto Balestrini. 

Alongside the President were: Health Minister Juan Manzur, Mayor Fernando Espinoza and family members of Balestrini, who remains in recovery from brain damage following an accident last year.

Just sixteen days from the presidential elections, Fernández de Kirchner renewed her promise to “continue deepening the great transformation” of the country and stated, “this is the Argentina that we are structurally changing with our own ideas and projects.”

During her speech, Fernández de Kirchner said that, “in 100 years two hospitals had been opened in La Matanza, and in 2003 we opened the third,” on opening the health centre, anticipating that in 2012 they were to begin works to construct three more.

Balestrini, the former mayor of La Matanza has been in hospital since April 2010 after suffering an accident which caused vascular brain damage (ACV), for which he is undergoing a slow and arduous recovery.