 "Brazil's former president Bolsonaro flown to Brasilia for further treatment following hospitalisation")
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was flown by medical plane from northern Brazil to the capital Brasilia on Saturday after being hospitalised with stomach discomfort the day before.
Bolsonaro was hospitalised on Friday morning while travelling in northern Brazil. The discomfort was caused by a bowel blockage and was the result of long-term repercussions from being stabbed in the abdomen in September 2018, according to his physicians.
Bolsonaro has been in and out of hospitals since being attacked at a campaign rally prior to Brazil’s 2018 presidential election. Throughout his presidency from 2019 to 2022, the conservative leader endured multiple operations.
“After so many similar episodes over the past few years, I had gotten used to the pain and discomfort. But this time, even the doctors were surprised,” he said in a social media post Saturday, adding that a longtime physician told him it was “the most serious case since the attack.”
Bolsonaro also stated that he will likely have another operation. Earlier on Saturday, physicians at Rio Grande Hospital in the northern state of Rio Grande do Norte informed media that he was stable and would not require emergency surgery, and that any additional treatments would be dependent on his recuperation.
Doctors also stated that his family requested the move to Brasilia, which would take place Saturday afternoon.
The far-right leader was admitted to a hospital in Santa Cruz, a tiny city in Rio Grande do Norte, and then transported to Natal, the state capital. Bolsonaro was set to start a trip across the region to promote his party’s right-wing agenda, eyeing next year’s presidential election, though he himself is barred from running. The region traditionally has been a political bastion of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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