The 70-year-old Bolsonaro arrived on Tuesday according to the medical bulletin, with an increased heartbeat and a decrease in blood pressure “in the hospital. “The studies have demonstrated a permanent anemia and a change in kidney function,” it sounds.
‘Brazilian former President Bolsonaro (70) after unwelcome to the hospital’
It therefore looked like the former president had to stay in the hospital all day for observation on Wednesday, but it was eventually decided that he can go home anyway.
Kidney
On Tuesday, his eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, had reported that his father had to vomit and had a serious hiccup “so he couldn’t breathe for tens of seconds.”
Bolsonaro had previously had to contend with health problems after a stabbing of which he was the victim during the 2018 election campaign. In April he underwent a more than 12 -hour operation on his stomach. On Sunday he was allowed to leave his house arrest to undergo a skin biopsy.
Conviction
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court sentenced Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for planning a coup after lost the 2022 elections. He opposed his defeat at the end of 2022, after he had previously banged everywhere that he could not lose. He was already convicted of those statements, so that he can no longer stand for election.
27 years in prison for Brazilian former president Bolsonaro due to coup attempt
At the beginning of 2023, immediately after the swearing of Bolsonaro’s opponent Lula, various government buildings in the center of Brasilia were stormed by furious supporters of the former president. He always denied involvement in those riots.