Caracas.- Hernán Gil, a survivor of the double earthquake in Venezuela, is in “stable” condition at the hospital after being rescued on Thursday, following eight days trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building in the coastal state of La Guaira, the area most devastated by the earthquakes on June 24.
“He is stable and had breakfast,” a worker at the Hospital de Clínica Caracas, in the west of the capital city which is neighboring La Guaira, indicated to EFE.
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Gil was rescued on Thursday morning in a rescue operation that lasted almost 72 hours.
The 43-year-old man arrived at the medical center around 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT).
According to hospital staff, doctors performed a CT scan on Thursday that showed a left clavicle dislocation, small bands of atelectasis, a left parietal subgaleal hematoma, and mild inflammatory ethmoid and frontal sinusitis.
Likewise, they said that he was completely healthy and conscious.
Gil had been trapped in the security booth of the building located in the town of Catia La Mar where he worked.
The rescue began at 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Monday, and since then, a group of 100 rescuers, including Chileans, Americans, Portuguese, Costa Ricans, and Salvadorans, has been in constant communication with him, hydrating him and providing him with medication.
A spokesperson for the Costa Rican Red Cross explained to EFE that the security guard was in an underground passage in a security booth with 140 tons of rubble on top of it.
The latest official toll puts the number of dead at 2,595 and the injured at 12,400.
