This afternoon, the Ministry of the Interior reported that the head of that portfolio and former president of the Party for Democracy (PPD), Carolina Toháwill go to the Region of La Araucanía to attend the wake of Isidora Ailén Quintana Aguilera (20), daughter of the senator and current helmsman of the PPD, Jaime Quintana.
The young woman’s remains will be laid to rest this Monday at the Perpetual Help Parish, on Cautín street, Pueblo Nuevo sector, in the commune of Temuco. The funeral, meanwhile, will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, at the Parque Sendero cemetery in that city. Of course, Tohá would not participate in this last instance, as reported by the Interior.
President Gabriel Boric also addressed the news and sent his condolences from Paris, France, as part of his tour of Europe: “Yesterday (Sunday) night I spoke with Senator Quintana about the sad death of his daughter, I send him a big hug from France.”
“I have no doubt that in these sad times, the entire community comes together to support a family that is suffering this loss.“So a big hug to the senator and his entire family from here.”
Likewise, the senator has received cross-sectional displays of support and, in fact, it is expected that Tomorrow’s session in the Senate will begin with a minute of silence.
Although the causes of her death were unknown, this afternoon the PPD stated – through a statement – that Isidora Quintana “died on Sunday around noon at the Clínica Alemana in Temuco. “after a few weeks of hospitalization suffering from pneumonia.”
“The young woman, who He suffered from cerebral palsy since birth.presented difficulties in dealing with said respiratory condition,” they added.
In interview with ThirdSenator Quintana revealed in 2013 that His daughter suffered from health problems from an early age.
“Susana (Aguilera, his wife and former mayor of Vilcún) became pregnant and In the fourth month they told us that the pregnancy would be complicated. We needed a doctor who specialized in high-risk pregnancies, but we knocked on the wrong door. Susana needed to rest from month five onwards and she did not do it,” she commented on that occasion.
Isidora was born at less than six months, weighed 700 grams and measured 34 centimeters, so she was considered a extreme premature. On his third day of life, “He had a grade 3 to 4 intracranial hemorrhage, which is the most severe thing that could have happened to him.”
“It’s like when two trucks collide head-on at full speed. That left her feeling bad. Then several things came to her: premature retinopathy, gastrointestinal problems. The problem with extremely premature babies is that they are exposed to diseases associated with immature organs. And she had a large part of these problems,” she said, in addition to pointing out that The young woman was left forever with severe brain damage.
