Gored bullfighter suffering infection
Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio has returned to intensive care and is fighting an infection after a horrific goring in the throat by a bull, a Madrid hospital said today. Aparicio had left the unit and was recovering well on Monday following surgery...
Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio has returned to intensive care and is fighting an infection after a horrific goring in the throat by a bull, a Madrid hospital said today.
Aparicio had left the unit and was recovering well on Monday following surgery to reconstruct his throat, mouth and palate, but an infection forced a return to the unit where doctors placed him on mechanically assisted breathing, October 12 Hospital said.
In a statement today the hospital said Aparicio was now breathing normally and it described his condition as "grave" but stable.
The matador slipped in a bullring, fell to the ground and a 1,168lb bull drove its right horn through Aparicio's throat and out through his mouth.