Rio de Janeiro: After 10 consecutive days of hiccup, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Wednesday with intestinal obstruction, but the doctor said they would not operate immediately.
Bolsonaro, 66, was treated at the Armed Forces Hospital in the capital of Brasilia in the morning and “feeling healthy,” according to the initial statement said the doctor was examining his persistent hiccup.
But for hours later, the office of the President said the surgeon operating in Bussonaro after he was stabbed in the stomach during the 2018 presidential campaign decided to move him to Sao Paulo, where he underwent additional tests.
On Wednesday night, Nova Star Hospital released a statement that told the President to accept “conservative clinical treatment,” which means he will not go through operations for now.
Bolsonaro, which is a Catholic and Evangelical, posted on his official Twitter account, a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed, eyes closed, some monitoring sensors stick to his naked stem.
On the edge of the photo, a hand reaches from people who are not seen wearing what appears to be a black religious robe and a long chain with a gold cross.
Stabbing 2018 caused damage to intestines and serious internal bleeding and the President had gone through several operations since then, some were not related to the attack.
In recent weeks, Bolsonaro has emerged to struggle by talking about various occasions and said that he suffered a recurrent hiccup.
“I apologize to everyone who listens to me, because I have hicupping for five days now,” said the President in an interview with Radio Guaiba on July 7.
He suggested that some drugs prescribed after dental surgery might be the cause.
“I have a hiccup 24 hours a day.” The next day, during his weekly Live Facebook session, Bolsonaro apologized again because he could not express himself well due to hiccup a week.
Chronic hiccups are usually a manifestation of the underlying problem, such as the intestine that is hampered, which may require surgery, said Dr.
Anthony Lembo, a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
In some cases, the part of the intestine may need to be removed, he said.
“Every time you move the intestine, it’s not a small operation,” Lembo said, added that in the case of repeated operations, as in the case of Bolsonaro, the intervention became more complicated.
Bolsonaro has been under pressure that grew from the investigation into the congressional investigation into the handling of his government towards the Pandemic Coronavirus and alleged corruption in the acquisition of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The latest polls have shown a record ratio and a low indication of approval so that he can lose next year’s election.
On Tuesday night, in a 20-minute meeting with the President in Brasilia, supporters repeatedly asked him to maintain his health.