Spokesman : Ted Turner is admitted to a hospital while in South America . CNN 's Robert Lenz contributed to this report . The Associated Press reports that the former CNN anchor was taken by ambulance from his hotel room at around 1:30 a.m. local time and flown to a nearby hospital. He went to a clinic in Bariloche . Doctors determined that Turner had appendicitis , this state news report says . He was flown to Buenos Aires for surgery , according to Telam report .
Spokesman : Ted Turner is admitted to a hospital while in South America . The Associated Press reports that the former CNN anchor was taken by ambulance from his hotel room at around 1:30 a.m. local time and flown to a nearby hospital. He went to a clinic in Bariloche . Doctors determined that Turner had appendicitis , this state news report says . He was flown to Buenos Aires for surgery , according to Telam report .