The journalist and panelist, Tamara Pettinato, spoke for the first time publicly about the health of her brother, Felipe, who as she said is “hospitalized, under treatment” and in a state of shock, after the shocking events that happened in recent days. In his return to the radio program, and now who will be able to help us? (Radio con vos) that she carries out with Ernesto Tenembaun, Tamara gave her testimony after the fire in her brother’s apartment where a friend of the young man, the neurologist Melchor Rodrigo, died. In this context, the communicator focused on sending “a kiss to Melchor’s family” and pointed out the mental health law.
“I’m not going to say anything about what happened because there is an investigation into what happened inside that department, how the fire started, how all the events were that night… And I would not tell it either because it seems to me that doing a show and telling all the details of what was happening seems unnecessary to me and it does not come out either, “he began by saying.
“I do get to say that we are very sad, that what happened is a terrible tragedy that nobody expected, that you can not imagine the suffering behind all this. Of course send my condolences to the family of Melchor Rodrigo, who was a close friend of Felipe, today he was his best friend,” he said.
Regarding his brother’s health, he indicated that he cannot “tell much more,” and that in addition, “I do not like to talk about this and expose everything.” “He’s hospitalized, he’s now under treatment and he’s still in shock. Yes to say that we are very sad and send a kiss to Melchor’s family, the rest is under investigation,” he said.
Tamara Pettinato, spoke on “Radio con Vos” after the fire in the apartment where her brother Felipe lived
Tamara went on to say the tragedy “could have been avoided if the mental health law were otherwise.” “If the families of psychiatric patients could intervene earlier and not wait for something like this to happen and there they just help you. Today they do not intern you for a year or two, after 15 days they release it and it is useless, it is very difficult and we end up helping each other among families that the same thing happened to him. I was talking a lot with Chano’s mom (Marina Charpentier) and she recommends you do this and that because you don’t know who to turn to for help,” he said.
“Felipe is my little brother, 10 years younger than me and all his life he was like my little brother/son and he is a person who has an illness. You don’t get angry with a person if they have cancer, if they have a psychiatric illness or are addicted that is also a disease, you tend to get angrier because you think they control it and the truth is that you don’t control it. I have a brother who has an illness and I’m never going to get mad at him and I’m not going to let go of his hand,” he said. By the time I make the decision to intern him I am his enemy, it is very difficult for him to understand that it is for his good, but we have already gone through this several times, then, the first time of the decision is the strongest of all, then one gets cold and no matter how much he cries and tells you ‘why do I do this to him” you have to be convinced that it is for his good and that one day you will see it,” he closed. If you are going through or know someone in a situation of addiction, you can contact the toll-free line 141, or virtually. Anonymous and nationwide assistance 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
