The former president (PL) maintained good clinical and laboratory progress in the last 24 hours, but is still not expected to be discharged from the ICU of the DF Star hospital, in Brasília, where he has been hospitalized since last Friday (13) for .
A medical bulletin released by the hospital states that the former president continues to take antibiotics and undergo motor and respiratory physiotherapy. The document is signed by doctors Claudio Birolini, Brasil Caiado, Leandro Echenique, Antônio Paiva Fagundes and Alisson Borges.
The team is working with the possibility that he will leave the ICU by the end of the week, according to cardiologist Brasil Caiado this Wednesday. “Prudence dictates that we leave it there [na UTI] for total security, […] but I believe it could be, by the end of the week.”
According to Caiado, Bolsonaro progressed well after administering a third antibiotic in the early hours of Sunday (15). Tomography carried out this Wednesday showed an improvement in the right lung, while the left lung continues to have “moderate impairment”.
Shortly after hospitalization, doctor Claudio Birolini, who is part of Bolsonaro’s team, stated that the former president’s situation was extremely serious. “Aspiration pneumonia can cause a person to develop respiratory failure, and if you don’t intervene, [pode fazer com que ela] die.”
Over the course of the week, however, Bolsonaro showed improvement. Bulletin released last Monday reported and inflammatory markers.
The former president, who is 70 years old and has health problems, was arrested last year and is serving his sentence in the 19th Military Police Battalion of the Federal District, known as Papudinha. He was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for attempted coup d’état following the 2022 electoral defeat.
The latest hospitalization renewed the right-wing offensive for Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court, to grant Bolsonaro house arrest. As shown by Sheetmore than 100 deputies from the opposition and the center signed one .
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