The president of Brazil was admitted to hospital at dawn this morning for severe abdominal pain Jair Bolsonaro may soon have to undergo emergency surgery due to a serious bowel obstruction. At the moment, according to what was declared by the Communication Department of the Presidency of the Republic and reported by the agency Nova, we only know that the president has been transferred to a private hospital in the city of Sao Paulo, where he will be subjected to further investigations. It will then be up to the medical staff to decide whether or not to proceed with a surgical removal of the occlusion.
The alarm this morning
According to what has been leaked so far, Bolsonaro had been suffering from a form of persistent hiccups for several days. Then, around 4 in the morning, the abdominal pain, which naturally led to the decision to carry out more in-depth examinations. The alarm was raised by his wife and first lady Michelle, who immediately contacted the doctors. Canceled all commitments (at 11 o’clock he should have met the presidents of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, of the Chamber, Arthur Lira and of the Federal Supreme Court, Luiz Fux), the president was hospitalized at the hospital of the armed forces of Brasilia (Hfa) . According to reports from the Minister of Communications Fabio Faria, Bolsonaro was even sedated due to severe pain.
The careful analysis of the specialists finally led to the diagnosis: bowel obstruction, as revealed by the doctor who has been looking after the health of the far-right leader, surgeon Antonio Luiz Macedo for years.
Current conditions
“The president is fine and in a good mood, he will have to be under observation for 24-48 hours, not necessarily in the hospital“, read the note issued hours ago by the secretariat for communications of the presidency. In reality, the situation turned out to be much more serious, so much so that it was decided to move to one of the hospitals in the city of St. Paul.
“After the tests carried out in Brasilia, Dr. Macedo, doctor of the President of the Republic, found an intestinal obstruction and decided to take him to Sao Paulo where he will undergo complementary tests to define the need, or not, for a surgery of urgency“, is what was reported in the recent press release from the Ministry of Communications.
The president has undergone many operations so far: after the stab wound he received during the 2018 election campaign, he had to undergo four surgeries. Recovering after sedation, Jair Bolsonaro personally informed his citizens of his state of health, using social media. In fact, on Twitter he posted some photos that portray him in the hospital, and thanked him for the prayers and messages of closeness.
– We’ll be back soon, God willing. Brazil is ours! pic.twitter.com/3ohUwHBEHG
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) July 14, 2021
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