He had been readmitted Thursday amid concerns his health was deteriorating. Doctors reported that he was severely dehydrated, running low on vitamins and suffering from swollen legs.
Alvarenga, whose tale of surviving 13 months adrift in the Pacific Ocean has prompted fascination and skepticism, left the hospital Friday and is now staying at a hotel in Majuro, the capital of the island chain.
Hospital officials didn't provide an update on his condition. But Dr. Franklin House, a retired American medic working at the hospital who has spent time with Alvarenga, said he was concerned about the state of the castaway's kidneys.
Alvarenga, an El Salvadoran who had been living in Mexico before he got lost at sea, washed ashore on the Marshall Islands more than a week ago. Earlier this week, his condition improved enough for him to be released from the hospital.
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But after his health took a turn for the worse Thursday, plans for his repatriation to El Salvador have now been postponed.
House, who is not Alvarenga's treating physician, said the castaway had complained to him of kidney pain since his arrival at the hospital.
The 78-year-old doctor, who speaks Spanish, said he suspects that Alvarenga is suffering from scurvy as a result of his poor diet and that edemas are causing the swelling and pain in his legs.
Alvarenga has said that he survived during his months at sea by eating raw fish and turtles. He says he relied on rainwater and urine for fluids.
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