Man dies while waiting for Pope Leo XIV visit in Córdoba, Argentina, Digi Mart USA News (Córdoba, Argentina): A man in his early seventies collapsed while standing in line to enter the Fadea aeronautical polo grounds in Córdoba, where Pope Leo XIV was scheduled to hold Mass on Tuesday. The death occurred during the health operation deployed for the papal visit to Córdoba.
The pilgrim reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. Municipal emergency service 107 ambulance crews reached the scene and transported him to the Hospital de Pronta Atención Madre Teresa, located on Avenida Fuerza Aérea and Francisco Arteaga.
Despite resuscitation efforts, he died at the medical center.
The Fadea grounds have two high-complexity mobile medical tents equipped with multiparameter monitors, defibrillators, electrocardiographs and emergency medications. The site also has seven 4×4 ambulances for movement within the grounds and 29 additional units for transferring patients to higher-complexity medical centers.
More than 1,500 professionals and volunteers are participating in the operation, which coordinates with public and private hospitals in the city and has exclusive health corridors. As part of this arrangement, the Madre Teresa hospital, where the man was taken, had been reinforced with an annex tent and support ambulances.
