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Brazil's jailed ex-president Bolsonaro taken to hospital after feeling ill
Bolsonaro, serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt, was admitted to intensive care with serious bronchopneumonia and is expected to stay hospitalized for several days.
- Brazil's jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, 70, has been hospitalized for pneumonia and is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Brasilia.
- Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 election loss, but he has said he would run for president again this year.
- Despite his incarceration, Bolsonaro remains a central political figure in Brazil, with his son Flavio designated as the right-wing candidate to challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Rio de Janeiro., Jair Bolsonaro, the jailed former Brazilian president, was admitted to an intensive care unit after being diagnosed with bronchopneumonia, according to a medical statement from the DF Star hospital, which was shared by his wife on social media.
Jair Bolsonaro suffered from a bronchopneumonia from prison to hospital. "After feeling a high fever, a fall in oxygen saturation, sweat and shivering," explains his wife in words reported by our colleagues from around the world. "Since the former president received a knife in the abdomen in 2018, during a country meeting, he constantly suffers from health problems. Despite multiple surgical procedures, 70-year-old man is subject to hiccup attac…
Bolsonaro moved to intensive care with bronchopneumonia as family renews house arrest plea
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted on Friday to the intensive care unit of Brasília’s DF Star hospital after being transferred from prison with high fever, low oxygen saturation, sweating and chills. The medical bulletin said tests confirmed bilateral bacterial bronchopneumonia and that the former president is receiving intravenous antibiotics and non-invasive clinical support.
During the morning, the former president was taken to the hospital after feeling unwell; tests confirmed 'bilateral bacterial bronchopneumonia of probable aspiration origin'.
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