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The president of Brazil has been taken to hospital with an intestinal blockage but is in a stable condition, according to a medical note from the hospital.
Jair Bolsonaro was flown to a hospital in Sao Paulo in the early hours of Monday, cutting short his beach holiday after suffering from abdominal pain.
He said on Twitter that he started to feel sick after lunch on Sunday and was later admitted to the Vila Nova Star hospital.
He was put on a nasogastric tube, which carries food and medicine to the stomach via the nose, and is anticipating more tests ahead of possible surgery for internal obstruction in the abdominal region, he said on Twitter.
The hospital said he was admitted in the early hours of Monday morning due to intestinal obstruction.
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“He is in stable condition, undergoing treatment, and will be re-evaluated this morning by Dr Antonio Luiz de Vasconcellos Macedo’s team. At the moment, there is no forecast for him being discharged,” the hospital said.
The Brazilian president, who’s up for re-election this year, has been hospitalised multiple times since he was stabbed during his 2018 election campaign and said this is the second hospitalisation with the same symptoms.
He has undergone at least four surgeries related to the stabbing.
In July 2021 he was hospitalised for a 10-day bout of hiccups that left him with abdominal pain.
Bolsonaro, who was expected to return to Brasilia on Tuesday, has been criticised in the past few days for refusing to cut short his holiday even when heavy rains left the northern state of Bahia underwater, with thousands of people homeless.


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Brazil’s leader hospitalised early Monday; he expects more tests and possibly surgery
He has been admitted to hospital many times since being stabbed during 2018 election campaign



Brazil’s leader hospitalised early Monday; he expects more tests and possibly surgery.


Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro in hospital with intestinal problem; may have surgery

Brazil’s leader hospitalised early Monday; he expects more tests and possibly surgery He has been admitted to hospital many times since being stabbed during 2018 election campaign

Brazil’s leader hospitalised early Monday; he expects more tests and possibly surgery

He has been admitted to hospital many times since being stabbed during 2018 election campaign