The condition of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, hospitalized since Wednesday in Sao Paulo for intestinal obstruction, has improved but his discharge date remains undetermined, the establishment where he is being treated said Friday.
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The health of the 66-year-old president “
continues to develop satisfactorily. The patient underwent an abdominal CT scan this afternoon which showed improvement in the underbite
”, according to the medical bulletin published by the Vila Nova Star Hospital. “
The president reacted well to the resumption of food. He will continue to receive clinical care, with no end forecast
”at this stage, he said.
The surgeon Antonio Macedo, head of the medical team in charge of Mr. Bolsonaro's case, told the daily O Globo that the president "is
doing very well
" and that he could go out "
soon, in a few days
". Since being stabbed in the intestine in September 2018, while campaigning for the presidential election, Mr. Bolsonaro has undergone six surgeries, including five on the digestive system.
He was urgently admitted overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday at the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia due to severe abdominal pain and an attack of hiccups that had persisted for more than ten days. The far-right leader was then placed in an intensive care unit and "
intubated as a precaution
", one of his sons, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, had indicated on the radio.
Once diagnosed with intestinal obstruction, the Brazilian president was transferred to the private Vila Nova Star hospital in Sao Paulo.
This new hospitalization comes amid a political crisis and erosion of his popularity, in the face of allegations of corruption in the contracts negotiated by his government to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, which has already killed nearly 540,000 people. in the country.
The Senate committee, which has been investigating the management of the health crisis by its government for nearly three months, has just been extended by 90 days.