Former president will have surgery on his right shoulder, as he suffers from pain and functional disability
The former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro asked for prayers for Jair Bolsonaroformer president and her husband, who undergoes surgery in Brasília this Friday (1st). “I ask my brothers in Christ to pray for my Galician’s surgical procedure,” Michelle wrote. She also reported that the former president was already on his way to the hospital.
Bolsonaro will have surgery on his right shoulder, as he suffers from pain and functional disabilityaccording to the former president’s defense. Or by the minister Alexandre de Moraesfrom the Federal Supreme Court (STF), on Thursday (30).
According to lawyers, Bolsonaro suffers from symptoms even after attempts at conservative treatments and the daily use of painkillers. As argued by the defense, physical and imaging examinations found a important downturn and a high-grade supraspinatus tendon injurystructure responsible for the movement of lifting the arm.
The surgery was recommended by orthopedist Alexandre Firmino Paniago. The lawyers highlighted that the request is “strictly humanitarian and sanitary” in nature. The defense justified that it is not a matter of personal convenience, but of a “concrete therapeutic need” to preserve Bolsonaro’s physical integrity and quality of life.
House arrest
Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for crimes related to the coup plot. On March 24, Moraes authorized the former president to recover from bronchopneumonia.
