The former television presenter and communicator Adriana Betancur is in critical health in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Palermo Clinic, located in Bogotá, as confirmed by her relatives and family this Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
The patient remains intubated since Monday night due to complications derived from a peritoneal infection.while his family environment has expressed concern about the lack of timely assignment of a nephrology specialist.
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Adriana Betancur’s clinical history records health complications since the year 20 Photo:in. Instagram.@adri_betancur03
During the night of Monday, November 9, various public figures from the national journalism and entertainment media used their digital platforms to spread urgent messages.
Among them, the former reality show participant Milena López, the former beauty queen Lucía Aldana and the public relations specialist Isabel Rivera published requests addressed to the medical community to locate a specialist who could care for the communicator in the Bogotá health center.
For his part, Leonardo Betancur, brother of the host of the podcast ‘This is the returndeclared on the morning of this Tuesday, November 10, before the media that his family member has been hospitalized for three days.
According to his testimony, The severity of the clinical condition forced the medical staff to proceed with intubation to protect the patient’s lungs, pending the authorization and presence of a nephrologist to evaluate the need for a dialysis procedure.
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The severity of the clinical condition forced the medical staff to proceed with intubation. Photo:in. Instagram.@adri_betancur03
Adriana Betancur’s clinical history records health complications since 2011, the date on which she was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure after undergoing routine examinations that showed reduced functioning of her kidney organs. This condition initially required daily dialysis therapies.
In 2014, the communicator received a kidney transplant that temporarily improved her health; However, in 2019 the rejection of the transplanted organ was recorded, which returned her to the dialysis scheme at home and reinstated her on the waiting lists for a new transplant procedure.
According to institutional information obtained by radio media, lThe Palermo Clinic pointed out that the medical center has nephrology professionals, although the complexity of the case simultaneously demands the intervention of intensive medicine and emergency medicine teams to manage the peritonitis suffered by the patient.
KATHERINE BRAVO HERNÁNDEZ
DIGITAL SCOPE EDITORIAL
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