The former president (), 71, will be discharged on Friday (27) and must leave the hospital where he is in to continue serving his sentence under house arrest for an attempted coup d’état. The information was given this Wednesday (25) by cardiologist Brasil Caiado in an interview with journalists.
According to the doctor, Bolsonaro is clinically stable and will finish on Thursday (26) the course of antibiotics to treat bacterial pneumonia caused by bronchoaspiration in both lungs. He must leave the DF Star between Friday morning and early afternoon.
“Only [não terá alta hospitalar] if there are any complications, but, particularly, I believe not,” said Caiado.
The doctor stated that an X-ray examination carried out on Tuesday (24) showed that the former president’s right lung is “practically” normal, while the left lung still has a “residual lesion”, which was already expected due to the severity of the disease.
According to him, the acute phase of pneumonia has passed and it is now in the so-called convalescence period, when the body recovers. He said that a complete cure for pneumonia could take three to six months.
“Now there will be intense physiotherapy mechanisms. We have already agreed with the physiotherapist, after discharge, so that all treatment can be carried out at home, disciplined, with a routine and a precise prescription. Nutritionists too. Everyone is already on a transition home schedule”, he declared.
Brasil Caiado said that the medical team took advantage of the hospitalization to evaluate on Monday night a pain in the rotator cuff of the right shoulder reported by Bolsonaro. An MRI analyzed by orthopedist Alexandre Firmino Paniago indicated that there may be a need for surgery, which will not be performed until recovery from pneumonia.
“The orthopedist thinks it may have been enhanced and worsened by the fall. As it was an assessment yesterday and we need to observe the evolution, he thinks so, but it’s not yet certain,” he said. Bolsonaro while sleeping at the PF Superintendency, in January.
The former president, when he was taken to DF Star after feeling ill during the early hours of the morning in Papudinha. He left the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) on Monday (23). When you leave the hospital, you will return to your home, in the Solar de Brasília condominium, in Jardim Botânico.
Bolsonaro was taken into custody at the PF superintendence in November 2025, when he was under house arrest, after . It’s a paranoia crisis. Later, he ended up being transferred to Papudinha.
Bolsonaro’s transfer back to house arrest was authorized on Tuesday (24) by the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court), for 90 days. During the period, Bolsonaro will have to use and will be prohibited from using social media or recording audio or videos.
After the three months have elapsed, “the presence of the necessary requirements for maintaining humanitarian house arrest will be re-analyzed, including medical expertise if necessary.”
Brasil Caiado classified the domicile as a “common sense decision” and stated that Bolsonaro received the news “with satisfaction”.
According to the doctor, the former president’s house is already being prepared to receive him. A more suitable bed to avoid reflux, which caused aspiration pneumonia, was provided, for example.
“We who intrinsically know the pathologies he suffers from realize that the home environment is a healthier human environment. The home environment is being prepared by the family, because the decision [de Moraes] It was quite recent”, he declared.
At home, the former president will be able to receive his children, but under the same hours and rules as Papudinha, which provides for visits on Wednesdays and Saturdays, between 8am and 4pm. Lawyers can visit you every day, for 30 minutes a day, but they need to make an appointment in advance with the 19th Military Police Battalion of the DF. The former president’s doctors have free access.
Michelle, her daughter Laura and a stepdaughter will have free access. Other visits are suspended, “to protect the necessary controlled environment, mainly to avoid the risk of sepsis and [manter o] infection control”, wrote Moraes.
Asked if he agreed with the limitation on visits imposed by the STF minister, Bolsonaro’s doctor said it was something “subjective”. “You would have to have a slightly more contaminated environment. People who were not prepared with asepsis to meet the patient.”
Regarding a risk of fibrosis (stiffening and the formation of scars) in the former president’s lungs, a possibility, the cardiologist stated that it will be necessary to monitor the condition.
“How this healing will progress and whether pulmonary fibrosis will appear, we really don’t know. We will carry out subsequent controls”, he stated.
