According to the Brazilian President’s Office, Brazilian President Jal Bolsonaro was undergoing emergency surgical evaluation for intestinal obstruction on Wednesday.
According to the Associated Press, the initial statement stated that Bolsonaro was taken to the Brasilia Armed Forces Hospital in the morning and “feeling good”, and the doctor was checking his continuous hiccups.
A few hours later, the President’s Office stated that Dr. Antonio Luis Macedo had decided to transfer him to Sao Paulo, where he would undergo additional inspections to assess whether emergency surgery was needed. Macedo operated on Bolsonaro after being stabbed in the abdomen during the 2018 presidential campaign.
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The stabbing caused intestinal damage and severe internal bleeding. Since then, the president has undergone several operations, some of which have nothing to do with the attack.
In recent weeks, Bolsonaro seems to have difficulty speaking on various occasions and said that he often hiccups.
Bolsonaro said in an interview with Guaiba Radio on July 7: “I apologize to everyone who listens to me because I have been hiccuping for five days.” He said that some medications were prescribed after dental surgery. It may be the reason. “I’m hiccuping 24 hours a day.”
The next day, in his weekly Facebook During the live broadcast, Bolsonaro again apologized because he couldn’t express himself well after a week-long hiccup.
Bolsonaro is under increasing pressure because Congress has investigated the way his government handles the pandemic and is suspected of corruption in the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines. Recent polls indicate that he may Lost in the next 2022 general election.
On Tuesday night, during a 20-minute meeting with the president in Brasilia, supporters repeatedly asked him to take care of his health.
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