Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro This Wednesday he temporarily left the place of detention where he is serving a prison sentence of 27 years and three months for attempted coup. undergo surgery planned for Christmasto correct two hernias.
The authorization for the operation included detailed instructions from the judge Alexandre de Moraes on the safety requirements that had to be implemented when the former president was transferred to the hospital.
The judge ordered the transfer to be carried out discreet way and that access to the health center was exclusively through the parking.
The journey from the headquarters of the Federal Police to the hospital DF star from Brazil only lasted five minutesas the local portal reported G1.
This trip was the first time this had happened Bolsonaro He left the detention center 32 days ago since his preventive arrest and began serving his sentence.
Upon arrival at the hospital He was admitted to begin examinations and procedures prior to surgery scheduled for December 25th.Date he will undergo elective surgery for a bilateral inguinal hernia.
Under medical supervision, the team plans for the former president to remain in the hospital for a period of 20 years between five and seven days for postoperative monitoring.
When admitted to the hospital Bolsonaro He is accompanied by the former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro.
Their children Flavio And Carlos They asked to accompany their father during the intervention, but the judge Moraes He rejected the request, noting that if they wanted to visit him they would have to make a formal request first.
The former Brazilian head of state is subdued two interventions – one to correct one bilateral inguinal hernia and another one for Treat your persistent hiccups– as his medical team reported in a statement to local media last Sunday.
The procedures are carried out at the same time and will require hospitalization of the former president. The medical report is signed by the surgeon Claudio Birolini and the cardiologist Leandro Echeniqueresponsible for the clinical monitoring of Bolsonaro since his arrest.
The first intervention corresponds bilateral inguinal hernia surgerya pathology that, according to doctors has worsened in recent months. The second procedure consists of an anesthetic blockade of the phrenic nervea technique that is used Reduce persistent hiccupsa disorder from which the former president repeatedly suffers and which has been publicly documented in recent appearances.
Brazil’s Supreme Court granted approval for the operation on Friday after receiving a medical report prepared by the federal police that confirmed the need for the procedure. Bolsonaro has been in custody since the end of November in a headquarters of this organization in Brasilia under a special custody system.
In the same resolution, Judge Alexandre de Moraes rejected a new request for house arrest presented by the former president’s defense. That’s what the judge argued There is no legal basis for granting this benefit and quoted the “repeated failure to comply with precautionary measures” previously imposed, including the mandatory use of a electronic anklet.
Bolsonaro was arrested after authorities confirmed a Attempting to damage the monitoring device (electronic ankle bracelet).which the Supreme Court interpreted as a direct violation of the conditions established for his remaining at liberty during the ongoing proceedings against him. This episode was pivotal in ordering his effective imprisonment.
The former president, 70 years old, has had a complex medical situation for years. It has been subject to this since 2018 multiple abdominal surgeries He has frequent episodes of vomiting, dizziness and intestinal obstruction, which are attributed to the knife attack he suffered during the presidential campaign that year.
Despite this background The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that Bolsonaro’s medical condition can be treated in the prison system or, if necessary, through Hospital remains in custodywithout this justifying automatic house arrest.
Bolsonaro ruled Brazil between 2019 and 2022 and was convicted this year for his role in the delegitimization of the electoral process and in the political and discursive articulation that preceded the attack on the headquarters of Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Supreme Court on January 8, 2023.
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