Doctor says Bolsonaro’s head injuries are ‘not worrying’

The former Chief Executive was diagnosed with mild head trauma after suffering a fall on Tuesday (6), in his cell at the Federal Police Superintendency, in Brasília.

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The medical team reported that Bolsonaro does not need “therapeutic intervention” to treat the injuries

Cardiologist Brasil Caiado reported this Wednesday (7) that the former president’s injury “It’s not worrying.” The former chief executive suffered an accident in the early hours of Tuesday (6) in his cell at the Federal Police Superintendence, in Brasília. In an interview with journalists, the doctor said that three tests were carried out (tomography, magnetic resonance and electroencephalogram) that confirmed the .

In a bulletin, at the DF Star Hospital, in Brasília, reported that “slight densification of soft tissues in the right frontal and temporal region was found, resulting from the trauma, without the need for therapeutic intervention”. The former president will continue with “clinical care as defined by the attending medical team” present in the .

To journalists, Caiado said that, when talking to Bolsonaro, he understood that the former president as previously announced. The doctor reported that the former chief executive had a “memory deficit” and did not remember exactly how the accident occurred.

In addition to the assessment of the injuries, the cardiologist believes that it is likely that Bolsonaro got up and then fell. The cardiologist explained that the “interaction of medications” used to treat hiccups may have caused dizziness and imbalance that resulted in the accident. He also considered that he cannot suspend treatment because of crises.

The doctor said that, on Wednesday morning, Bolsonaro was “stable”, but said that the dizziness, imbalance and memory loss “came attention”. “I think that at this moment we have to carry out monitoring together, shared, because we are not there”, declared Caiado about a work .

Asked by journalists, Caiado ruled out that the origin of Bolsonaro’s injuries was the result of violent action against him.

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