The medical team of (), whose reports have been used by the defense for , is made up of an anti-PT member and a cousin of the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (PSD), who is already the former president.
Another cousin of the governor, a psychologist, is mentioned in the list of professionals who recently went to Papudinha to assist the former president.
On social media, Claudio Birolini, the general surgeon of the medical team who signs the bulletins, reposted a publication critical of the president () and the (Supreme Federal Court). He also republished criticism of actor Wagner Moura, a target of the right during the Oscar race for the film “The Secret Agent”, which .
“URGENT: Wagner Moura is rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Blogger fell ill after spending 10 hours without repeating the words ‘dictatorship’ and ‘Bolsonaro'”, said the publication replicated by Birolini.
The doctor has criticized the senator’s (PT-AP) bill on social networks that establishes a national policy to combat hate speech against women on the internet, signaling that the initiative would be “total disguised surveillance”.
Repost from last Tuesday (17) contained content from the federal deputy (PL-SP), Bolsonaro’s former special secretary for Culture, about Cade (Administrative Council for Economic Defense).
The doctor also has posts with other right-wing figures, such as Fernando Holiday, former councilor of São Paulo, Bolsonaro’s Minister of Health and pre-candidate for the Senate for the PL, and, councilor of São Paulo.
In another post, the doctor’s father, Dario Birolini, poses with the former president with the “3I: immortal, imbrochable and inedible” medal, used by the former president to reward allies.
A Sheet asked Claudio Birolini about the former president’s health conditions and whether house arrest could alleviate the condition. The report also asked how the doctor classifies himself ideologically.
Birolini stated that he would not comment on the former president’s health outside of official bulletins and reports. He did not comment on his ideological position, but forwarded his professional information available on Google Scholar and CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).
The website states that the doctor has a doctorate in clinical surgery from USP, when he was guided by his father, he is director of the hospital at the same university and head of the hernias and abdominal wall group.
Cardiologist Brasil Caiado is the cousin of the governor of Goiás. On social media, he records having already received the Order of Merit Anhanguera from the politician, the main honor granted by the state government.
The governor has defended amnesty for Bolsonaro, although he presents himself as one of the PSD’s options in the presidential dispute against the polarization between the former president and Lula.
A Sheet also contacted Brasil Caiado, but received no response.
The medical board that has signed the former president’s bulletins is also made up of cardiologist Leandro Echenique, Antônio Aurélio de Paiva Fagundes Jr., coordinator of the General ICU, and general director Allisson B. Barcelos Borges.
Another cousin of the governor of Goiás who has already assisted Bolsonaro is Ricardo Caiado, psychologist and neuroscientist. He is mentioned by STF minister Alexandre de Moraes as a professional already authorized to enter the former president’s prison facilities.
The professional says he assisted Bolsonaro when he was hospitalized, in the first half of 2025, at the DF Star hospital, and at Papudinha, this month of March. He told the reporter that his career was never influenced by his surname.
“The coincidence occurs because in our family we are usually professionals in what we dedicate ourselves to. The governor of Goiás, who is also an orthopedic doctor specializing in spine, has no influence on us or on the President’s family regarding the choices of health professionals. Each decision respects the intimate family forum, as in any family”, he said.
HAS Sheet the governor also stated that he had not nominated the cousins to the former president.
Bolsonaro’s defense has called for his house arrest based on medical reports. According to her, the last hospitalization, due to bronchopneumonia, shows a clinical worsening of the condition.
The lawyers’ request, however, has been denied by the STF, on the grounds of lack of requirements for home care, “since the prison establishment has demonstrated full capacity for the adequate treatment of the convict, guaranteeing his health and dignity”.
Bronchopneumonia is one that affects bronchioles and alveoli. It was identified by the team as the main cause of the former president’s last hospitalization, whose health was weakened after .
According to the latest hospital bulletin, Bolsonaro remains hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit and is not expected to be discharged, but “showed good clinical evolution, with partial improvement in tomographic aspects and important improvement in inflammatory markers.”
Bolsonaro for leading a coup plot to prevent Lula from taking office.
