(PL), 70, this Friday (20) completed a week of hospitalization in the ICU of the DF Star hospital, in Brasília. According to the medical bulletin issued this morning, the former president continues to be treated for pneumonia with good progress, but with no expected discharge.
Bolsonaro is treating bacterial pneumonia resulting from an episode of bronchoaspiration and using intravenous antibiotic therapy. According to the bulletin, he continues with intensive clinical support and respiratory and motor physiotherapy. There is no forecast for leaving the ICU at this time.
The former president’s medical reports have been released daily by the medical team. This Friday’s document is signed by the general surgeon, Claudio Birolini, by the cardiologists, Leandro Echenique and Brasil Caiado, by the coordinator of the General ICU, Antônio Aurélio de Paiva Fagundes Jr and by Allisson B. Barcelos Borges, general director of the hospital.
Over the course of the week, Bolsonaro had shown an improvement in his situation. A bulletin released last Monday reported 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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