Photojournalist Pablo Grillo, who was severely injured after being shot in the head during a pensioner protest in March, was discharged from the intensive care unit of the Ramos Mejías Hospital after almost three months. He will now be transferred to Rocca Hospital to undergo rehab.

“He is very happy,” Fabián Grillo, Pablo’s father, told the press outside the hospital while waiting for his son to come out. “This was like birth labor. He was born again,” he said, visibly moved.

Fabián said the hospital’s director told him the news on Monday. “It was a bit surprising. To avoid creating false hope, we had told [Pablo] he would be getting out any time, but not precisely when. Today, we told him ‘get dressed, you’re........

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