The famous Brazilian cacique Raoni Metuktire must be released from the hospital where he was admitted for a state of great weakness a week ago on Saturday and return to his village, the establishment announced on Friday. "The discharge is confirmed on Saturday," a spokeswoman for Dois Pinheiros hospital in Sinop, in Mato Grosso state (center-west), where 90-year-old chief Kayapo was treated, told AFP. gastric and intestinal ulcers.
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“The cacique Raoni will be released from the hospital on Saturday and will return to his village, Metuktire. On behalf of the cacique, we thank you for your support, ” the Raoni Institute tweeted on Friday evening. Thursday, the medical bulletin mentioned a colonoscopy having revealed the presence of new ulcers and an inflammation of the colon. The hospital discharge was initially postponed indefinitely. A biopsy was performed on the samples, but its result has not yet been revealed by the hospital.
A press conference is scheduled for Saturday morning, in the presence of the doctors who treated the cacique, members of his family and his institute. "The participation of the cacique Raoni in the conference is still being evaluated, insofar as he is in mourning for the death of his wife and that the indigenous tradition requires a total seclusion" , specified the hospital. Raoni had been very weakened since the death on June 23 of his wife Bekwyjka, his companion and counselor for more than 60 years, of a stroke.
He was admitted eight days ago to Colider hospital, also located in the state of Mato Grosso, before being transferred last Saturday to a better equipped establishment in Sinop. With his labial plateau and traditional feather headdresses, Raoni Metuktire has made nearly twenty hyper-publicized tours around the world where he has met two popes, the Emperor of Japan, Prince Charles or the last four presidents. French.