BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to a Sao Paulo hospital on Wednesday to undergo tests for an obstructed intestine, with the president’s office saying he could receive emergency surgery in his latest health complication from a 2018 stabbing.
The Vila Nova Star Hospital in Sao Paulo, where the 66-years-old Bolsonaro was transferred, said late on Wednesday that the president would remain hospitalized “initially under conservative management.”
His son Flavio, speaking to radio station Jovem Pan, stated that Bolsonaro was moved to an intensive care unit in this city and intubated.
The news of Bolsonaro’s hospitalization comes as the far-right leader is sinking in opinion polls due to his handling of the world’s second-deadliest coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and a simmering corruption scandal over his government’s purchase of vaccines.(Reuters)
