US EditionFormer Brazil President Bolsonaro’s kidney function worsens but pneumonia stabilized, hospital says
Bolsonaro's kidney function worsened in intensive care with bronchopneumonia and increased inflammatory markers, hospital officials said his condition is serious but stable.
- On Saturday, Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's kidney function worsened after his transfer to the intensive care unit at Star Hospital in Brasilia. Doctors described his condition as serious but stable.
- Exams confirmed bronchopneumonia likely caused by aspiration, with the hospital reporting increased inflammatory markers. The 70-year-old was admitted after experiencing high fever, low oxygen, sweating, and chills.
- Bolsonaro was transferred Friday from prison, where he is serving a 27-year sentence for leading a 2023 coup attempt. He has denied any wrongdoing regarding his convictions.
- His relatives have repeatedly asked the Supreme Court for house arrest, citing insufficient medical attention. One son, a Sen, noted this is not the first hospitalization since a 2018 stabbing.
- Political pressure mounts as a Sen expects to run for president later this year in Brazil against incumbent Lula. This development complicates ongoing debates regarding prison healthcare and custody.
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized for three days. His condition has improved but he remains in intensive care The state of health of former Brazilian President Jair
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years in prison for beating, continues to be admitted to an intensive care unit in Brasilia with no discharge forecast since, although his renal functions improved, inflammatory indicators worsened, his doctors reported this Sunday.
The state of health of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro showed on Sunday signs of improvement, on his third day in intensive care, according to the hospital where he was admitted.
The state of health of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro showed on Sunday signs of improvement, on his third day in intensive care, according to the hospital where he was admitted. ...
By Associated Press The kidney function of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro improved, but he will remain in the intensive care unit due to pneumonia, according to a hospital in the country's capital, Brasilia, this Sunday. The former president, 70 years old, has also received more antibiotics since Saturday, according to a statement from his doctors. Bolsonaro, who ruled between 2019 and 2022, was transferred Friday to the DF Star Hospit…
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