Health · Healthcare & Policy · 2 hrs ago
Former Betis coach Pepe Mel wakes and improves after stroke
Pepe Mel has woken and is improving after doctors stopped sedating him in a hospital intensive care unit in Seville.
The 63-year-old former Betis coach was admitted after suffering a stroke on November 1 and underwent surgery that was reported to be successful.
He is a well-known figure at Betis, where he played and coached.
Mel is expected to prepare for another operation to correct a congenital malformation identified as the cause of the stroke.
His family thanked people in football, especially Betis and its supporters, for their messages of support.
His recovery and planned surgery are the next steps mentioned by his family.
Former Betis coach Pepe Mel has woken and shown signs of improvement after sedation was removed.
Mel, 63, suffered a stroke on November 1 and was successfully operated on.
He remains in intensive care at a hospital in Seville.
He is preparing for another operation to correct a congenital malformation identified as the cause of the stroke.
His family thanked the football community and Betis supporters for their messages of support.
- Who
- Pepe Mel, a former Betis coach.
- What
- He woke and showed signs of improvement after sedation was removed following a stroke.
- When
- He suffered the stroke on November 1; he had woken by November 11.
- Where
- Hospital Virgen del Rocío in Seville, according to AS.
- Why
- The stroke was linked to a congenital malformation that Mel is preparing to have corrected.
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Mel suffered a stroke, was admitted to intensive care in Seville and underwent a successful operation.
After sedation was removed, Mel woke and showed signs of improvement.
- Age
- 63
- Stroke
- November 1
- Hospital
- Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville
- First operation
- Successful
- Next operation
- To correct a congenital malformation
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What people are saying
The family of Pepe Mel reports that, during the day today, once the sedation was removed, Pepe woke and showed signs of a good recovery.
He will keep preparing to go back into surgery and correct the congenital malformation that led him to suffer the known event.
The family wants to take this opportunity to thank the entire football world in general, and Betis and Betis supporters in particular, for their expressions of affection.
I know you’re going to come back to me, I know it because you promised me we would do more things together, and you taught me that promises have to be kept.