– Jair Bolsonaro transferred to a hospital in São Paulo
Affected by a skin infection, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to a hospital in São Paulo on Monday.
Published today at 5:14 a.m.
Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasília, June 30, 2023.
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Hospitalized to treat a skin infection, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred Monday from Manaus (north) to São Paulo (southeast), his lawyer said.
Jair Bolsonaro, 69, “was admitted to Vila Nova Star hospital in São Paulo with erysipelas on the left leg and abdominal pain,” said Fabio Wajngarten on social networks. “He will undergo tests and imaging. He is already receiving intravenous antibiotics,” added Fabio Wajngarten, who takes care of his client’s communications.
Jair Bolsonaro has been operated on in this private clinic several times on his abdomen in recent years due to after-effects of a stabbing attack suffered in 2018.
“My father is fine”
Earlier on Monday, one of the sons of the former far-right head of state, MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, initially announced that his father would be transferred to Brasília. “My father is fine, he responds well to antibiotics,” the parliamentarian wrote on X.
This message is illustrated with a photo of his father lying on his back in the hospital, his eyes closed, his body partially covered with sheets. The skin of his left leg has a large red patch, at the level of the tibia.
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The entourage of the ex-president (2019-2022) did not specify the reason for the change of destination. According to the Metropoles news site, he suffered from “intestinal pain” in addition to the skin infection.
Bacterial infection
On Sunday, Jair Bolsonaro announced on X that he had been hospitalized in Manaus to treat erysipelas, a bacterial infection characterized by inflammation of the skin, “with no planned release date”.
The Santa Julia hospital in Manaus had specified that the former head of state had been admitted on Saturday “due to dehydration and a skin infection” and that he remained “hospitalized for antibiotic therapy by vein and rehydration.
In patients with erysipelas, a painful red patch most often appears on the legs and sometimes on the face, accompanied by fever.
Not a first
Jair Bolsonaro suffered from a similar infection in November 2022, shortly after his electoral defeat against current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. He then remained secluded for several days in his official residence in Brasília.
The former president arrived in Manaus, capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, on Friday to support MP Alberto Neto, candidate for mayor of this metropolis, the largest in the Amazon region.
As the municipal elections approach in October, Jair Bolsonaro is traveling the country to support his party’s candidates. Surrounded by legal cases, two weeks ago he participated in a large demonstration in his support on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro.
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