Yeni is a Uruguayan woman who appeared in Samaipataa small tourist town near Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, with a weakened state of health. The woman He did not speak or eat, and those who approached could not know how he got there.. They also didn’t know what happened to him. Everything was a mystery.
Concern about the weak state of this young Uruguayan woman was published in an Instagram story made by a user who was looking for family members. The post had a photo of the identity document, which had been issued in Uruguay in 2024. Another photo of the bedridden young woman showed her state of health.
The viralization of this image caused the woman’s mother to appear and that the government would initiate contacts to delve deeper into the Uruguayan situation. This was confirmed this Wednesday by the Uruguayan vice chancellor, Valeria Csukasi.
“She can’t talk, she can’t interact. Therefore, it will depend a little on what is discussed these days with the family to understand what their situation is.. You will imagine that, since this is a complicated topic and there is a person in the middle, it is preferable not to give so many details. The important thing now is that we have a way to communicate with part of his family,” the vice chancellor said in a press conference.
The Uruguayan received medical attention in the last hours. A colony of Uruguayans also came to help, the vice chancellor explained. This young woman’s mother, meanwhile, was in Uruguay.
The country’s consul in the area has been present at the hospital where the woman is hospitalized and has been in charge of interacting with the doctors.
One of the health professionals who treated her is Yanna Moreira, who in an interview with the news Telenight from Channel 4 confirmed that the patient does not speak or eat. He also doesn’t say what he’s been through.
“Apparently he went through a trauma because he appears very sad. We don’t know if that comes from his diagnosis of the pathology or the mental illness he has. We still don’t know which one it is,” said the doctor.
The hospital where he is in Bolivia is public and has many shortcomings – according to what the doctor reported –, which is why blood tests could not be done with quick results. Therefore, until noon on Wednesday, doctors did not know if the woman had HIV, hepatitis or if she was pregnant.
Despite the complications, the woman is stable with intravenous hydration. The doctor highlighted that on this Monday mornings managed to get him to drink at least one glass of water.
“We found Yeni because she appeared in the town, she appeared in Samaipata. It is a small city where everything is known. We thought it was very strange that a girl had arrived, with a different face.. The person did not speak, he did not say where he came from, where he was going. “She went to the hospital,” Moreira said.
Upon the appearance of an unknown woman who was in poor health, Many inhabitants of Samaipata approached her to ask how she was. They offered her money, water and food, but the Uruguayan refused.
“At the hospital she slept one night and left. On the street they found her in a more delicate state and the ambulance brought her back,” he said.
in the program Tuning from Channel 12, the doctor said that there was a “lack of empathy” with the staff. She said that when she arrived they showered her and changed her. “It had a smell of homeless and he was not in a decent situation. Now she is bathed and changed. “We are also in contact with the Uruguayan consulate to see how we repatriate her,” he said.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Yeni still did not speak. She only made a video call with a friend and only said one word: “Help.”
