- Title: FILE: Former Brazil President Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain
- Date: 21st November 2024
- Summary: A five-judge panel from Brazil's Supreme Court began deliberations on March 25, 2025, to determine if former President Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest aides should stand trial for allegedly attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat. BRASILIA, BRAZIL (MARCH 25, 2025) (JUSTICE TV) FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO CHECKING MOBILE PHONE DURING HEARING S
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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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