The former president () undergoes surgery on Sunday morning (13) because of an intestinal obstruction.
The procedure is being performed at the DF Star Hospital in Brasilia, according to the Sheet Senator Rogério Marinho (PL-RN).
Last Friday (11), Bolsonaro in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte. He was inside the state for a PL event, his party.
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.
On Saturday (12), the former president said in 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. 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.
