Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, emergency surgery at dawn due to appendicitis

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was imprisoned in the Seoul detention center, received emergency surgery at Samsung Seoul Hospital for appendicitis in the early morning of the 20th.

According to business and legal affairs on the day, Vice-Chairman Lee complained of severe abdominal pain the night before and was diagnosed by the detention center medical manager. I was given treatment. When the pain started in the detention center, Vice Chairman Lee is known to have endured it as much as possible because he feared that it would be a nuisance to the guards, but only talked to the guards when he couldn’t stand it. ,

Hallym University Sungshin University Hospital is reported to have decided to transfer to Samsung Seoul Hospital, a senior hospital, because it is believed that there is a risk of the situation becoming serious, such as an appendix bursting and the spread of foreign substances to the peritoneum. Detainees in detention centers may be transferred to a higher level hospital or other hospital if they receive the opinion of a designated hospital.

According to the business community, Vice Chairman Lee arrived at Samsung Seoul Hospital at midnight on the 19th, received emergency surgery for about an hour, and is currently resting at Samsung Seoul Hospital. It is said that the course after the operation was not bad.

Appendicitis causes severe pain in the right side. If left unattended, the appendix at the end of the appendix bursts, causing foreign substances to spread to the peritoneum and spread to peritonitis. In this case, infection should be prevented through organ washing, and in severe cases, it can spread to sepsis. The business community believes that Lee’s condition was not serious at the time of the operation, considering that the operation was completed in an hour.

General appendicitis surgery can be discharged within a week if there are no complications after surgery, but if the appendix bursts, treatment may be required for up to one month depending on the degree of intestinal infection. Accordingly, there is a possibility that the trial on the Samsung C&T merger, scheduled for the 25th, will be delayed. Vice-Chairman Lee is sentenced to two years and six months in prison at a repatriation trial for the abandonment of the National Nongdan case in January, and is in jail after being imprisoned in court.

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