Brazil's jailed ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized in ICU with pneumonia
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia. PHOTO | REUTERS
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Brazil's imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalised in an intensive care unit on Friday after being diagnosed with bronchopneumonia, according to a medical note from the DF Star hospital.
Bolsonaro, 70, was taken to the hospital early on Friday with a high fever, chills and a drop in oxygen saturation, the note said, adding that he is being treated with antibiotics.
The former president's condition is serious and he is
expected to remain in hospital for at least the next few days, one of the
doctors treating him, Brasil Caiado, told reporters in Brasilia.
The former president, who governed from 2019 to 2022, has a
history of hospitalisations and surgeries related to a stabbing during a 2018
campaign event.
He had been hospitalised in
January for a series of exams after falling and hitting his head. In December,
he underwent medical procedures to treat
a hernia and persistent hiccups.
Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup
after losing the 2022 presidential election to current
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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