The former president () arrived at the DF Star Hospital in Brasilia, at 9:56 pm on Saturday (12), after spending most of the day hospitalized in Natal (RN). Doctors assess whether it should be to treat a new intestinal obstruction.
The former president arrived at the hospital in the federal capital with Senator Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), who accompanied him in Natal. Eight supporters were waiting at the unit door, praying and singing religious songs. They received a nod from the politician, who came sitting in the ambulance and entered the walking building.
The new hospitalization takes place more than six years after during the 2018 election campaign, which reached its intestine. The former president was operated on the day of the attack in Juiz de Fora (MG), and over the following years has undergone four more procedures in the abdomen.
Cardiologist Leandro Echenique, a member of the medical team that treats Bolsonaro, told reporters at the hospital door that it is still necessary to wait for test results in Brasilia to decide whether or not to be a new surgery.
“In these next few hours we will define the right treatment,” he said. He also said that the former president had a relief in pain, and that the situation is stable. “It does not mean that his picture of intestinal obstruction was improved,” said the doctor.
If surgical intervention is necessary, it will be a “extensive” procedure in the doctor’s words. “It is an abdomen that has been very manipulated,” said Echenique, in reference to other operations to which Bolsonaro has already been subjected.
Rogério Marinho also participated in the interview. He said the former president is well and accompanied only by the medical team, without family members.
Hospitalization in RN
Last Friday (11), Bolsonaro in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte. He was inside the state for a PL event, his party. On Saturday, the former president said at the X, former Twitter, who was “hurriedly hospitalized” with “intense pain and strong abdominal distension.”
He also said in the same post that he might not have noticed the severity of the case: “Doctor Claudio Birolini explained to me that this was the most serious picture since the attack that almost took my life,” he wrote. “After my transfer, I will probably undergo a new surgery,” he said.
The former president traveled from Natal to Brasilia on a plane with ICU equipment, which took place at approximately 6:50 pm. He left the hospital walking and nodded to supporters, but had a small tube attached to his nose, and two men held his shirt in the back.
The transfer to Brasilia was a decision of, wife of the former president. Allies argued that he went to Sao Paulo, and Bolsonaro himself mentioned this possibility on social networks.
The former president is expected to spend the next few days accompanied by Michelle and his son, the senator (PL-RJ), who live in Brasilia. Allies predict having little access to the politician in the period.
If doctors decide to operate the former president, the surgery should be performed by Birolini, who accompanied the case in Natal. He is a doctor at the USP Hospital das Clínicas and an abdominal reconstruction specialist. Before, the professional responsible for the treatment of the stab sequelae was Antonio Luiz Macedo, also from São Paulo.
Rio Grande Hospital, where Bolsonaro was hospitalized in Natal before the transfer, said in a medical report released at 11am on Saturday that the former president had a stable condition.
“The patient had a quiet night, with more than eight hours of sleep,” said the note. According to the hospital, Bolsonaro breathed well and received venous hydration and parenteral nutrition – technique used when the patient has a weakened gastrointestinal tract.
“[Bolsonaro] It has excellent mood, reduction of abdominal distension and remains without analgesia. All vital signs and complementary examinations remain within normality, without clinical complications to date, “concluded the medical report.
