Exams performed by former President Jair Bolsonaro in a hospital in Brasilia on Saturday morning, indicated a probable staff of viral pneumonia, said doctor Claudio Birolon in an interview. The former president canceled commitments in Goiás on Friday after having an indisposition.
“Blood test and tomography has been done that he probably had a viral pneumonia. Now what he will take antibiotics to resolve this lung issue,” said the doctor.
This Saturday, the former president collected blood and made a tomography after reporting stomach and sickness indisposition. According to close people, he had a picture of prolonged sobs. The episode occurs about two months after he undergoes a new surgery in the abdomen.
“A rare thing, no one can diagnose, years ago, already had a problem, years ago I had the same episodes, sometimes 24 hours without sob,” Bolsonaro told reporters to leave the hospital on Saturday.
“It is in a function of stab, it is a consequence of it and the last surgery my feeling as a patient is that it was well executed,” added the former president, referring to the attack suffered in Juiz de Fora (MG) during the 2018 election campaign.
Due to the malaise, he interrupted the event in Goiás, canceled appointments and returned to Brasilia on Friday. The former president even had a peak blood pressure, reaching 14 by 9, but passed the rest of the day at rest.
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On Thursday, during other public agendas in Goiás, Bolsonaro had already complained about health problems. In a ceremony where he received the title of citizen Goianiense, he said he was facing strong gastric symptoms.
“Sorry, I’m very bad. Vomer ten times a day,” he said as he sobbed during the speech.
The episode occurs about two months after Bolsonaro underwent another abdominal surgery. Since he was stabbed during the 2018 election campaign, the former president faces recurring complications and has undergone seven surgical procedures.
