{"id":3602,"date":"2020-02-09T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.servitoro.com\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T11:44:13","slug":"bullfighting-surgeons-guardian-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.servitoro.com\/en\/bullfighting-surgeons-guardian-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullfighting surgeons, Guardian Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The acknowledgments of the work of bullfighting surgeons will never be enough<\/h2>\n

Every time blood is spilled in the arena, we place our faith in the doctors at the head of the infirmary of the bullring and, fortunately, most of the times they work the miracle and there is only room for the eternal gratitude for another life saved. Bullfighting surgeons<\/strong> are also a cut above, their specialty is very complicated.<\/p>\n

To begin with, they deal with all kinds of wounds and injuries, from a simple cut to a goring that cuts a femoral or an organ, through all kinds of dislocations and trauma. They have to be prepared for any situation in spaces that do not always have everything they need, without the possibility of testing or analytics. It is their own hands that feel the damage caused by a goring, so it is key to control the tension that is generated and act very quickly<\/p>\n

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The turning point after Paquirri’s death<\/h3>\n

The goring suffered by the matador from C\u00e1diz in 1984 may not have been mortal; unfortunately, the infirmary of Pozoblanco Bullring was not prepared for the seriousness of the situation. Paquirri’s death shocked everyone and it became aware of the importance of having the necessary means in any bullfighting show, whether it was a first or third category bullring. This motivated the renovation of the infirmary and the beginning of the mobile operating rooms.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, his son and also matador Cayetano, is one of the few bullfighters who worry about this issue every afternoon he bullfights.<\/p>\n

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ABC and its XII Bullfighting Prize to bullfighting surgeons<\/h3>\n

The ABC newspaper, one of the main ones in Spain, awards each year one of the most prestigious bullfighting prizes. In 2020 it will be received by bullfighting surgeons, represented by Dr. Garc\u00eda Padr\u00f3s and Val-Carreres. The prize comes after the very hard season 2019, in which lives like the one of the banderillero<\/em> Mariano de la Vi\u00f1a and the bullfighters Rom\u00e1n, Gonzalo Caballero or Manuel Escribano hung by a thread. In the words of the ABC jury:<\/p>\n

“…with their scientific wisdom and exemplary surrender, they save the lives of so many bullfighters, as they have clearly demonstrated this season, in which such serious mishaps have occurred.”<\/em><\/p>\n