José María
Ruiz Mateos, who has been in hospital for over a fortnight in El Puerto de
Santa María after he fell and broke a hip, is gravely ill. Already 84 and suffering
from Parkinsons, he has also contracted pneumonia. The doctors have managed to
fix the hip without complications and are treating the pneumonia with
antibiotics, but he is nonetheless very ill and his family are all at the
hospital centre fearing the worst.
