He had been admitted for health consequences from the stab wound he received in 2018 during his presidential campaign. How is he?
following being emergency boarding school for abdominal pain in the United States, former President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed that has already been discharged from AdventHealth Celebration Hospital located in Orlando, Florida. Through his official Twitter account, he thanked for the prayers on his behalf.
“After being stabbed in Juiz de Fora/MG, I underwent 5 surgeries,” he said, continuing: “Since the last one, I had adhesions 2x that led to other medical procedures.” But now he confirmed the discharge: “Yesterday (Sunday) new adherence and-today Monday-hospital discharge in Orlando / USA”. “Grateful for the prayers and messages of a speedy recovery,” he concluded.
The news that Bolsonaro had been hospitalized spread yesterday like wildfire amid the serious political dust caused by his followers who on Sunday assaulted and destroyed the headquarters of Congress, the Planalto and the Court.
When voices grow in the United States that the former president, who is on vacation in Orlando in a mansion rented from a famous wrestler, be deportedBolsonaro was hospitalized for alleged abdominal pain.
Immigration experts consulted by Clarin reported that it might be a strategy by the former president to extend his stay in the United States, allegedly humanitarian reasons.
“If Bolsonaro argued health problems, perhaps he might request an extension of his stay for humanitarian reasons,” Marcela Rodríguez, an expert immigration lawyer, told Clarín, a key issue following it emerged that the Brazilian had been hospitalized.
It has not been disclosed what type of visa Bolsonaro has or how long he estimated to stay. But despite growing calls from lawmakers in Washington, experts said any decision to expel Bolsonaro from the United States might not be quick.
Other hospitalizations
Since he was stabbed in 2018 in the middle of the presidential campaign at that time, the former president was hospitalized on several occasions for problems related to that episode. The last time was in November of last year, when he had to rest at the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia.
Earlier, through an Instagram story, Michelle Bolsonaro asked the Brazilian people to pray for her husband. “Dear friends, I come to inform you that my husband Jair Bolsonaro is under observation in the hospital, due to abdominal discomfort as a result of the stabbing he suffered in 2018 by a former PSOL member. We are praying for his health and for Brazil. God bless us,” she wrote.
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