The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonarowas interned in the city of Manaus due to a skin infection. He himself announced the news through his social networks and announced that he still has no planned discharge date.
“I am admitted to the Santa Júlia Hospital in Manaus. “Erysipelas with no discharge forecast,” the 69-year-old former far-right president wrote on platform
Erysipelas is a type of bacterial skin infectionwhich usually causes fever and pain.
For its part, the Santa Júlia Hospital reported that he was admitted “yesterday (Saturday) morning with dehydration and infectious skin process“, they gave in a statement.
“He returned to the hospital after his commitments, where remains hospitalized for venous antibiotic therapy and hydration“they added.
In recent years, Bolsonaro underwent several surgeries and other interventions in the abdominal region due to a stab wound he suffered in 2018during the presidential campaign that established him as first president.
His last hospitalization had been in September 2023 in Sao Pauloto undergo two surgeries related to that incident.
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Since last friday, Bolsonaro is in Manaus after participating in a campaign event for the pre-candidacy of federal deputy Alberto Neto for mayor of Manaus, capital of Amazonas, in the north of the country.
On Sunday, Neto published on his social networks a photo with Bolsonarowho is lying in a hospital room and smiling.
Embed – Capitao Alberto Neto on Instagram: “Presenting the tucumã for our leader, Bolsonaro. It was approved! “
Ahead of the October municipal elections in Brazil, Bolsonaro traveled the country to support candidates from his Liberal Party.
