Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – According to a statement issued by the Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in Sao Paulo, on Wednesday, that the health of the Brazilian football legend, Pele, has deteriorated, which requires that he be given more health care now.
And the hospital issued a statement, when the “king” of football entered the hospital on November 29, due to pneumonia, stating that he would undergo a “re-evaluation of chemotherapy following he was diagnosed with colon cancer, which was removed in September of 2021.” “.
And the hospital revealed on Wednesday that the 82-year-old former soccer player “shows progression in cancer (from which he suffers) and requires further care with regard to renal and cardiac impairment.”
Kelly Nascimento, the daughter of the legendary player, confirmed on her Instagram page, on Wednesday, that Pele spent Christmas in the hospital, and said: “Spending Christmas at home has been suspended. We decided with the doctors that it was best for us, for many reasons, to stay here to give him all the care that we need.” It is needed and this new family, the Einstein (Hospital), provides it for us.”
Pele was hospitalized in December 2021 and underwent chemotherapy.
And in September of the same year, the Brazilian football legend underwent surgery to remove a tumor from the right colon, which doctors found during routine examinations.
Several weeks ago, Pele’s daughters said, he was taken to hospital because he was suffering from pneumonia following contracting the “Covid-19” virus.
His daughter, Kelly Nascimento, confirmed that he received all the necessary doses, but he contracted a lung infection because his immunity had declined as a result of taking cancer medicine and chemotherapy, which necessitated his admission to the hospital.