The former president remains under post-operative care and is scheduled to undergo a left phrenic nerve block procedure within 48 hours
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December 27
2025
– 8:24 p.m.
(updated at 8:45 p.m.)
Summary
Jair Bolsonaro remains hospitalized postoperatively recovering, after a bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy; He presents with an attack of hiccups, undergoes an anesthetic block of the right phrenic nerve, a new intervention being planned in 48 hours.
The DF Star hospital, where Jair Bolsonaro is hospitalized, in Brasilia, published this Saturday 27 an updated medical bulletin on the clinical condition of the former president.
Bolsonaro remains under postoperative care after undergoing conventional bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy surgery, performed on Thursday 25.
However, on the afternoon of Friday the 26th, the former president had an intense attack of hiccups. The situation led the medical team to opt, this Saturday, for an anesthetic blockade procedure of the right phrenic nerve.
Additionally, in the next 48 hours, doctors plan to block the left phrenic nerve and keep the former president under clinical care and physiotherapy to continue his recovery. On social networks, Michelle Bolsonaro asked her supporters to pray. “It has been nine months of struggle and anguish with daily failures,” she wrote.
Check out the full medical bulletin published by DF Star Hospital below:
Brasilia, December 27, 2025 – Former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro is admitted to DF Star Hospital for postoperative care for a conventional bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy. Yesterday afternoon (26), the patient had an attack of hiccups. As a result, today (27) he underwent the anesthetic blockade of the right phrenic nerve, under sedation, without any complications. A left phrenic nerve block is scheduled in 48 hours. You should continue physiotherapy for rehabilitation, venous thrombosis prophylaxis measures and clinical care.
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