The Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro affront and postoperative “very delicate and prolonged“That he will keep him” at least two weeks “at the hospital, his doctors reported Monday, after a surgery abdominal successful that was practiced on Sunday in Brasilia.
Although his wife Michelle had written on Instagram that Bolsonaro “It is already in the room” after the operation, the doctors clarified that it continues in intensive therapy and for now “There is no forecast “ high
The 70 -year -old extreme leader underwent the surgery weeks after the Supreme Court of Brazil decided to prosecute it for an alleged coup attempt in 2022.
Bolsonaro spent 12 hours in the operating room after present a “distension abdominal“Related to a stab that suffered during a campaign act in 2018.
“The procedure was necessary to treat an obstruction caused by folds in the small intestine,” the ex-president (2019-2022) wrote on his X account on Monday.
“The recovery demands intensive care and will be gradual,” he added.
Dr. Leandro Echenique, cardiologist Bolsonarohe evaluated at a press conference that “it was a surgery Extremely complex “but” the final result was excellent. “
“It will be a postoperative very delicate and prolonged“, The doctor warned. The first 48 hours will be” criticism “to define the next steps of the treatment.
“Our expectation, if everything happens as planned, is to remain (admitted) at least two weeks,” said the head of surgeryClaudio Birolini.
According to Echenique, Bolsonaro He is “awake, conscious, talking and even made some joke.” For now it feeds through serum.
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Risk of complications
Bolsonaro It has passed several times through the operating room in recent years due to the sequels of the attack it suffered in September 2018, in full campaign and weeks before winning the presidential election.
This time, its wall abdominal He was “quite damaged” and his intestine had “suffered” by an obstruction, “which leads to believe that he had been with that painting for a few months,” said Birolini.
Doctors explained that the postoperative It entails an increase in risks such as inflammation, infections, high pressure, thrombosis, coagulation problems and lung conditions, so Bolsonaro You will need “specific measures” for your care.
But they said they hope that the leader of the Brazilian right eventually returns to have “a normal life, without restrictions.”
When last Friday he felt the “strong pains” in the abdomen that took him to the hospital, Bolsonaro He made a proselytizing tour in the Northeast of Brazil, historical bastion of the left.
The surgery is “among the most complex” of the procedures to which it has been submitted Bolsonaro From the knife attack he suffered in 2018, said Echenique.
“After experiencing so many similar episodes in recent years, I have become accustomed to pain. But this time, even doctors were surprised,” said the ex -president on social networks on Saturday.
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Between the hospital and the courts
While your medical recovery begins, Bolsonaro He hopes that the Supreme Court sets a date for a trial in which he will be accused of an alleged coup plot.
The prosecution accused him for planning an alleged attempted coup d’etat to remain in power after The October 2022 elections, in which he lost against the current leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
According to the accusation, Bolsonaro He would have sought support from the Armed Forces to prevent the assumption of Lula.
If found guilty, I could face up to 40 years in jail.
The ex -president declares himself innocent and says he is a “persecuted.”
Bolsonaro It is also disabled to compete in elections until 2030 for having questioned without evidence the reliability of the Brazilian voting system.
However, he insists that he intends to be a candidate in the presidential 2026, in which Lula, 79, could also appear.