Former President took a new walk this Thursday; will start physiotherapy sessions for breathing and continues without forecast to leave ICU
The former president (PL) is still hospitalized in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and remains without pain, bleeding or other complications. The information was released on Tuesday (15.br.2025) in the new medical team newsletter.
Bolsonaro walked again as part of the physical therapy sessions and also becomes sessions aimed at the respiratory system. Doctors stressed that visits are still limited.
In addition to former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, the former president is also accompanied by her son 02, the councilman (PL-RJ). The former executive chief is in a restricted wing of the DF Star Hospital in Brasilia for safety reasons.
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Bolsonaro landed in Rio Grande do Norte on the night of Thursday (10.abr) for the inauguration of Route 22 on Friday (11.abr), the party project to expand the scope of opposition guidelines focused on the Northeast.
In the commitments were the passage through the cities of Acari, Oiticica and Pau dos Ferros. However, he began to feel severe abdominal pain still in Tangará and the agenda was suspended.
The entourage then accelerated towards the Santa Cruz, 64 km from Bom Jesus, where the former president.
From there, he was transferred from helicopter to the capital. He landed at Walfredo Gurgel Hospital and went on ambulance to Rio Grande Hospital, where he entered around 11:15 am.
Already on Saturday (12.abr), given the need for a more specialized evaluation, the medical team and the family. Bolsonaro was transferred from Christmas to DF Star Hospital, a reference in surgical treatments and where he has performed other procedures before. The decision to remove was made after the exams indicated that he suffered from an intestinal obstruction, a recurring problem from the.
In a video published on Saturday (12.abr), Bolsonaro had already talked about the possibility of performing surgery.
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On Sunday (13.abr), the former president called. The operation, which had a forecast of ,. The procedure included intestinal clearance and reconstruction of the abdominal wall, weakened by previous surgeries.
After surgery, Bolsonaro was sent to the ICU, where he remains under observation, with a condition considered stable by the medical team. In his Instagram profile, former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro said the surgery was “A success”.
Shortly thereafter, he made another publication on social networks to thank the work of the medical team. “My eternal gratitude to this extraordinary medical team that, with precision, competence and humanity, led our captain’s 12 hours of surgery“.