Doctors indicate that Salvador Illa has an "inflammatory pathology" resulting from an infection

BarcelonaSalvador Illa may be suffering from an "inflammatory condition" resulting from an infection. This is the diagnosis currently favored. the medical team that is attending to the president of the GeneralitatHe has been at Vall d'Hebron Hospital since this weekend. "One possibility is that the inflammation is caused by an infection in the lumbar region," explained the hospital's managing director, Albert Salazar, on Catalunya Ràdio. Isla will remain in the intensive care unit (ICU) this Monday, and doctors will perform further tests to confirm the diagnosis. The medical team wants to locate the source of the inflammation and identify the type of infection, two things they hope to confirm this morning. Salazar explained that the doctors detected the condition "very early on" and that antibiotics are sufficient to overcome it. In fact, the managing director explained that Isla had a fever on Sunday night and began taking broad-spectrum antibiotics. Salazar explained that the diagnostic process involves analyzing different samples such as blood and urine. Isla has had good nights, the managing director said, with "controlled" pain. In this regard, he added that the president's progress is normal and "within the expected range." "He is a healthy person, without comorbidities, and that makes us optimistic that the response will be good," Salazar stated.

"The president is doing well, in good spirits, and very attentive to the various issues," explained the Minister of Territory and spokesperson for the Catalan Government, Silvia Paneque. In statements to Catalunya Ràdio, Paneque assured that Isla is responding to messages and keeping abreast of current events. The Minister of the Presidency, Albert Dalmau, will assume the president's duties by delegation while Isla is hospitalized. The various ministers will also divide the tasks according to the subject matter, Paneque noted. This Monday, the Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC) published the decree assigning the presidency's functions to Dalmau on a temporary basis, "from January 19, 2026, until the reason for the absence ceases."

Over the weekend, the medical team treating the president ruled out serious illnesses. Vall d'Hebron Hospital is expected to release a statement this afternoon confirming the diagnosis and providing further details. Salvador Illa was admitted to Vall d'Hebron Hospital on Saturday due to muscle weakness in his legs. The president began experiencing pain in the early hours of Saturday morning, which intensified while he was out for a run later that day. After participating in an official event in Ascó, Illa suspended his schedule and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The medical team's initial estimate on Sunday was a fifteen-day hospital stay.