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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to a Sao Paulo hospital on Wednesday to undergo tests for an obstructed intestine, with the president’s office saying he could receive emergency surgery in his latest health complication from a 2018 stabbing.
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The Vila Nova Star hospital in Sao Paulo, where Bolsonaro, 66, was transferred, said late on Wednesday that the president would remain hospitalized “initially under conservative management.”
His son Flavio, speaking to radio station Jovem Pan, said Bolsonaro had earlier in the day been moved to an intensive care unit in Brasilia and intubated.
“He ended up being intubated to keep him from breathing in liquid coming from his stomach,” Flavio Bolsonaro said in the interview.
But hours later, the president s office said the surgeon who operated on Bolsonaro after he was stabbed in the abdomen during the 2018 presidential campaign decided to transfer him to Sao Paulo, where he underwent additional tests. By Wednesday night, the Hospital Nova Star released a statement saying the president would receive a conservative clinical treatment, meaning he will not go through surgery for now.
Bolsonaro, who is both Catholic and evangelical, posted on his official Twitter account a photo of himself lying on a hospital bed, eyes closed, several monitoring sensors stuck to his bare torso. At the edge of the photo, a hand reaches out from an unseen person wearing what appears to be a black religious robe and a long chain with a gold cross.
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After bad hiccups, Bolsonaro may need intestinal surgery
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has suffered from a 10-day bout of unshakable hiccups, was admitted Wednesday to a hospital where he was being evaluated for possible emergency surgery to clear an intestinal obstruction, his office said.
Bolsonaro, 66, was admitted to the Armed Forces Hospital in Braslia early in the morning and was “feeling well,” according to an initial statement that said doctors were examining his persistent hiccups.
But hours later, the president’s office said Dr. Antonio Luiz Macedo, the surgeon who operated on Bolsonaro after he was stabbed in the abdomen during the 2018 presidential campaign, decided to transfer him to Sao Paulo, where he will undergo additional tests to evaluate the need for an emergency surgery.
Mercredi 14 juillet 2021 Photo de Jair Bolsonaro hospitalisé qu il a lui meme diffusé via Twitter, le 14 juillet 2021 - - (Jair Bolsonaro s official Twitter account/AFP)
Hospitalisé à Brasilia mercredi, le président brésilien Jair Bolsonaro souffre d une occlusion intestinale et va être transféré à Sao Paulo pour réaliser des examens complémentaires en vue d une éventuelle opération d urgence, a annoncé la présidence.
Le chef de l Etat avait été admis à l hôpital des Forces armées dans la nuit en raison d une crise de hoquet persistante depuis plus de dix jours.
M. Bolsonaro, 66 ans, a été opéré à plusieurs reprises ces deux dernières années après avoir subi des perforations intestinales lors d un attentat à l arme blanche en septembre 2018, en pleine campagne pour l élection présidentielle.