SAINT PAUL. – The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro On Thursday he underwent double hernia surgery in a hospital in the state capital Brasilia, his doctors reported after they had confirmed in a letter his support for the presidential candidacy of one of his sons, Flavio Bolsonaro.
The procedure The procedure lasted about three and a half hours and was uneventfulas stated by the medical team DF Star Hospital. In a statement, doctors said Bolsonaro will “continue post-operative care, which includes pain management, physiotherapy and prevention of venous thrombosis.”
Bolsonaro, who has been in the hospital since Wednesday, was arrested at the end of November for alleged flight risk and began his duties A 27 years in prison Prison for attempted coup.
The former president received court approval to leave prison after federal police doctors confirmed he needed surgery. The police were ordered not to enter his roomwhere the use of computers and cell phones was prohibited.
The 70-year-old former president has repeatedly struggled with health problems since he survived a near-fatal knife attack during the 2018 election campaignand over the years he has undergone more than half a dozen abdominal surgeries.
However, Thursday’s operation was described by his doctor Claudio Birolini as expected and without complications. Bolsonaro, who stay in hospital between five and seven daysHe was already in his room and awake, the doctor told reporters.
According to Birolini and the doctor Brazil Ramos Caiadothe former president too You may undergo a separate medical procedure during your stay to treat your recurring hiccuping episodes. The decision in this regard could be made after a reassessment of his health on Monday, it said.
The judge Alexandre de Moraeswho presided over the trial for the attempted coup and sentenced Bolsonaro to prison, approved the procedure, but rejected the former president’s request to be under house arrest after discharge from the hospital.
Bolsonaro currently has no contact with the few other detainees Federal Police Headquarters in Brasilia where he stays locked up and where his room is 12 square meters According to authorities, it has a bed, a private bathroom, air conditioning, a television and a desk.
You have free access to your doctors and lawyers, however, other visitors require permission from the Federal Supreme Court (STF).. On Wednesday, de Moraes allowed Bolsonaro’s children to visit him while he remains hospitalized. his wife, Michelle Bolsonaroaccompanies him.
In the early hours of Thursday, his eldest son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, told the press before the operation that his father had written a letter in which confirmed that he had named him his party’s presidential candidate for next year’s elections.
On December 5, the son of the former president announced that he wanted to challenge the current president of Brazil. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva –who is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term– as a candidate for Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party.
The senator read the letter to reporters and his office released the text to the media.
“It represents a continuation of the path to prosperity that I began long before my presidency.as I believe that we must restore the responsibility to lead Brazil with justice, determination and loyalty to the aspirations of the Brazilian people,” the former president said in the handwritten letter dated December 25 about his son.
Bolsonaro and several of his allies were found guilty by an STF panel of judges Attempt to overthrow Brazil’s democratic system after electoral defeat in 2022.
The conspiracy included plans to assassinate Lulato the Vice President Geraldo Alckmin already de Moraes. There was also a plan to incite an uprising in early 2023.
Bolsonaro was also convicted of the following charges, among others: Lead an armed criminal organization and attempt the violent abolition of the state democratic of law. The former president has denied any irregularities.
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