Supporters stand next to a shrine with a figure of Jesus Christ and a portrait of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner outside Hospital Austral in Pilar, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, January 4, 2012. President Fernandez is undergoing surgery for her thyroid cancer in Hospital Austral on Wednesday. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH RELIGION)