Araceli Tamayo, the Basque tourist seriously injured last Friday in Afghanistan, landed this afternoon, around 5:15 p.m., at the Loiu airport (Bizkaia). She did it on board a medical plane chartered by the insurance company that she had hired before the trip, Iati, which from now on hands over to the Basque Health Service-Osakidetza the responsibility for caring for the delicate state of health. her.
The protocol planned for Tamayo, 82 years old, foresees that she be treated in the ICU of the Basurto Hospital, in Bilbao, although before going there by ambulance she has been evaluated by health workers at the airport facilities.
Once in Basurto, the protocol provides for a first emergency assessment and, where appropriate, if necessary, the corresponding stabilization. The Health Department of the Basque Government will report on your clinical situation if the family grants permission.
The latest news about his state of health is not very encouraging; He remains serious and during the day on Tuesday his situation worsened. Finally, this Wednesday morning she was able to take the medical plane to Bilbao in Kabul.
Araceli Tamayo was seriously injured in an attack last Friday. On Monday, Minister Albares reported that he was conscious and was progressing favorably in serious condition, while the president of Kutxabank (the entity where he worked before retiring), Antón Arriola, said that he was “well and in good spirits.”
The attack, the first against foreign tourists since the Taliban came to power in 2021, has been claimed by the Islamic State. Three Catalan tourists died in it (a woman and her daughter, who ran two pharmacies, and a retired engineer from Girona), while Araceli Tamayo was seriously injured.
The Basque tourist, retired managing secretary of Kutxabank, is a passionate traveler and enjoyed narrating her exotic trips on the blog of the BBK Association of Retirees and Pensioners. Before leaving for Afghanistan she took out travel insurance which has facilitated her repatriation.
