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Brazil’s right-wing radical President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to hospital on Monday morning for a medical emergency.
He is being treated in São Paulo with suspected intestinal obstruction.
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Bolsonaro is considered controversial in his country.
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Bolsonaro had already been treated for an intestinal obstruction in mid-July.
At that time he spent four days in a hospital.
Bolsonaro was attacked in 2018 and stabbed in the stomach with a knife.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a hospital in São Paulo on Monday morning with suspected intestinal obstruction. An intestinal obstruction means an interruption in the intestinal passage. This leads to a build-up of the intestinal contents with inflation of the intestinal loops and an increasing back pressure up to the stomach. This can be fatal if not acted quickly enough.
According to matching media reports, the 66-year-old was brought by plane from Santa Catarina, where he had spent the holidays at the end of the year, to the Vila Nova Star hospital in São Paolo after his arrival. On recordings of the broadcaster TV Globo you could see Bolsonaro getting out of the presidential plane.
Four days in the hospital in mid-July
Doctor Antônio Luiz Macedo, who had treated Bolsonaro on other occasions, told the UOL news portal that the president would undergo several tests, including computed tomography, to examine the possible intestinal obstruction. Bolsonaro had already been treated for an intestinal obstruction in mid-July. At that time he spent four days in the hospital.
Bolsonaro was attacked during the 2018 presidential campaign and stabbed in the stomach with a knife. Because of the stab wound, he had to undergo at least four operations, which made him more susceptible to bowel disease.
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