The artist suffered a knee injury and three cuts to his head.
In a shocking incident caught on camera, a circus performer fell from a platform 8 meters high to the ground during his performance. Jorge Alarcon, a Chilean trapeze artist, suffered serious injuries and spent about eight days in the hospital, according to a newspaper report. Daily Express USA. The incident, which took place in August this year, occurred when Mr Alarcon tried to land on the platform where three other performers were standing.
Chili trapecista is a vacuum on the plataforma in the Chinese circo.
Jorge “Iwi” Alarcón resulted in some injuries in a ligament of the caída of a plataforma during one of the acrobatics. pic.twitter.com/Ui5PX2565U— tabascoaldia (@tabascoaldiamx) October 4, 2023
As shown in the video, one of the artists managed to get the rope. However, the other two artists fell into the mesh, while the Chilean artist fell directly to the ground. This resulted in a knee injury and three cuts to his head. Mr Alarcon was immediately rushed to hospital where he was treated for his injuries. “After eight days in the hospital, the Chinese doctors sent me home for a three-week rest. I asked what to do, but they just told me to rest so that the swelling would go down. At the end of the second week , my left knee was completely deflated, I was happy, I had no pain and I walked much better.” said the artist, according to a report in Mexico Aristegui Noticias.
However, approximately three weeks after the injury, significant damage to the posterior cruciate ligament was discovered when the circus owner inquired about Mr. Alarcon’s condition. “In China, the doctors told me that I would recover with three months of rest, but they did not give me any treatment to monitor my recovery, nothing,” he added.
Noticing the long road to recovery, the circus management decided to send the artist to his home country of Chile with only payment for two weeks of work. Furthermore, his colleagues in the circus helped raise money and raised money to sponsor his plane ticket. Upon his landing, doctors in Chile informed Mr Alarcon that the torn ligament would also require surgery.
According to the Daily Express USAJorge Alarcon is a talented trapeze artist, who decided to move from Talca, Chile, to the renowned Happy Circus in Shilin, China.
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