SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred Saturday by medical plane from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia after being hospitalized with stomach ache a day earlier.
Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday morning whereas touring in northeastern Brazil. The ache was brought on by a bowel obstruction and was associated to long-term results of being stabbed within the stomach in September 2018, his docs mentioned.
Bolsonaro has been out and in of hospitals because the assault at a marketing campaign occasion earlier than Brazil’s 2018 presidential election. The conservative chief underwent a number of surgical procedures throughout his presidency from 2019-2022.
“After so many related episodes over the previous few years, I had gotten used to the ache and discomfort. However this time, even the docs have been shocked,” he mentioned in a social media submit Saturday, including {that a} longtime doctor informed him it was “essentially the most critical case because the assault.”
Bolsonaro additionally mentioned he would doubtless bear one other surgical procedure. Earlier on Saturday, docs at Rio Grande Hospital within the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte informed journalists he was secure and never in want of emergency surgical procedure, mentioned additional procedures would rely on his restoration.
Docs additionally that the switch to Brasilia was requested by his household and would occur Saturday afternoon.
The far-right chief was admitted to a hospital in Santa Cruz, a small metropolis in Rio Grande do Norte, and later transferred to a hospital within the state’s capital, Natal. Bolsonaro was set to begin a visit throughout the area to advertise his occasion’s right-wing agenda, eyeing subsequent yr’s presidential election, although he himself is barred from working. The area historically has been a political bastion of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Copyright 2025 The Related Press. All rights reserved. This materials is probably not revealed, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.