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full of illusions, Maicol Londoño Tailor, 20, traveled to Canada on October 13, 2022, with the aim of studying English for two semesters and then devoting himself to bodybuilding, his great passion, or to be a gym coach. However, a violent headache surprised him, for which he had to be referred to the West Hospital Torontowhere he was diagnosed with a stroke.

account tailor zulma, mother of the young man, born on February 5 in Granada, Meta, whose son passed out while hanging out with his friends a day after his birthday. Since then, his relatives have not had any contact with him and there are no more close relatives in this country. For this reason, the woman, residing in Villavicenciotries to obtain a humanitarian visa to go to Maicol.

“I spoke all day (February 6) with my son and around 10:00 p.m. I received a call from a third party telling me that something had happened (…), after having ate, he told his friends he felt unwell, and after vomiting he lost consciousness,” the mother told the magazine. Week.

His friends took him to a clinic, but due to the severity of his condition, he was referred to Western Hospital. Toronto. “There they immediately underwent surgery, where the drainage persists and they are doing tests through the urethra, because it is not known if there is a blood vessel that is causing bad pressure or is broken; (…) They authorized me over the phone with a translator because there is no authorized person there to sign papers,” the woman said.

Maicol remains connected to a intensive care unit and they couldn’t wake him up. According to what the mother was told, the young man pulled out the tube he was connected to and this forced gastric fluids into his lungs which caused him breathing problems and now they have to keep him inside. upside down so he can breathe.

“Thursday (February 9th) they called me to say they were going to change the sedative because the brain can’t last that long on the same sedative and they were going to lower the sedative every two hours to make cerebral reaction tests.. (…) In the middle of this procedure he (Maicol) reacts and removes the tube which is in his throat, which caused the gastric acids to pass into his lungs and now he has an infection because he’s had a fever before,” the mother explained.

The study partners accompanied Maicol to the clinic and for any procedure they have to call his mother and use an interpreter to translate what they need to do. Although health care in Canada is free, for foreigners it has a cost, so the family pays a policy of 1,400,000 pesos, but they are waiting to find out how much the policy covers and how much the deductible will be.

The mother also asks the canadian embassy speed up the procedures to be able to accompany your child, because at the clinic they require the presence of a parent at all times to authorize all medical procedures.

“I spoke with this lady (consul), but she tells me that she cannot help me anything, that because it is only interaction support, when I go there, she m “Help with the foundations. But it’s that I have nowhere to go, they offer me rooms for 1,700 dollars, I don’t have all that money, besides food,” he said. he declares.

On the other hand, in Canada, they opened an account in GoFundme where everyone can contribute financially. The family also receives transfers to the Davivienda savings account number 488420180876.

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