- Title: FILE: Former Brazil President Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain
- Date: 21st November 2024
- Summary: Brazilian police on May 3, 2023, raided former President Jair Bolsonaro's home and seized his mobile phone as part of an investigation into his COVID-19 vaccination records. BRASILIA, BRAZIL (FILE – MAY 3, 2023) (REUTERS) BOLSONARO OPENING HIS HOUSE’S GARAGE DOOR TO ADDRESS JOURNALISTS Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was at Orlando's international airport on Marc
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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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