Brazil: a convalescence “very delicate and prolonged” to Bolsonaro after an abdominal operation

The former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, begins a very delicate and prolonged convalescence “after a 12 -hour operation in the abdomen, and will have to remain” at least two weeks “in the hospital, their doctors said on Monday, April 14.

Jair Bolsonaro, 70, remains in intensive care in Brasilia and has been supplied intravenously since Sunday surgery, carried out to absorb an intestinal occlusion linked to the consequences of an stabbing attack in the middle of the 2018 presidential campaign.

The leader of the extreme right had to be operated after having felt a strong abdominal pain on Friday, at the beginning of a tour in the northeast of the country to mobilize his followers, two weeks after being returned to the trials by attempted attempted.

“According to doctors, my state of health is stable, but my convalescence requires intensive care,” said the former president of X.

His cardiologist, Leandro Echenique, said at a press conference that the operation had been “extremely complex”, but that “the final result is excellent.” “The post-operator will be very delicate and prolonged,” he added, emphasizing that the next 48 hours will be “critical” to determine the rest of the treatment.

He also pointed out that Jair Bolsonaro was “conscious”, and that “he had even made jokes.” “If everything goes as planned, you must remain hospitalized for at least two weeks,” said Chief Surgeon Claudio Birolini.

Nine hospitalizations related to an attack in 2018

In his message in X, Jair Bolsonaro recalled that it was his “sixth operation linked to the 2018 attack”, and his ninth hospitalization “due to complications related to this episode.”

In September 2018, he had been stabbed in the middle of a crowd bath, experiencing numerous intestine perforations, before being elected president a few weeks later.

Now it is not eligible until 2030 for misinformation and, despite his judgment for a coup attempt, which must be opened in the coming months, he hopes, however, contribute to the presidential elections in 2026.