- Title: FILE: Former Brazil President Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain
- Date: 21st November 2024
- Summary: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered thousands of supporters on Sao Paulo's iconic Paulista Avenue on February 25, 2024, to demonstrate political strength amid investigations that many believe could land him in jail. SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (FILE – FEBRUARY 25, 2024) (REUTERS) BOLSONARO, WAVING AT SUPPORTERS ON PLATFORM AND HOLDING ISRAEL’S FLAG VARIOUS OF MULTITUD
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- Story Text: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized in Rio Grande do Norte state on Friday (April 11) with abdominal pain, his son Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said in a statement.
The former president interrupted a political event with supporters after feeling "strong" pain and was taken via helicopter to a hospital in the state capital Natal, his political party said in a note.
Bolsonaro is being treated with medication to relieve the pain from an intestinal obstruction, his doctor Antonio Macedo told Reuters.
He will undergo a CT scan and an MRI in Natal to determine whether the case will require surgery, Macedo added.
If surgery is needed, Bolsonaro could also be transferred to Sao Paulo, where he has previously undergone medical procedures related to a stabbing attack in 2018.
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