Pinochet receives last rites
Former dictator General Augusto Pinochet has received the last rites today after he was hospitalised after suffering a heart attack.
He is in a serious but stable condition, the Santiago Military Hospital said.
His son said he underwent an undisclosed procedure that “rescued” him from death.
The 91-year-old retired general, who has been under house arrest, was rushed to the hospital after suffering “an acute” heart attack and a buildup of fluid in his lungs, the hospital said in a statement.
Medics used a catheter to unblock his arteries.
Dr Juan Ignacio Vergara said the catheter procedure was successful, but that Pinochet remained in serious but stable condition some seven hours after being admitted to the hospital.
