Former president Jair Bolsonaro will remain under observation for at least 48 hours after undergoing new surgery this Monday (29), in Brasília. The intervention, completed around 3pmsought to treat the former president’s persistent hiccups by blocking the left phrenic nerve – responsible for controlling the diaphragm. On Saturday (27), the same procedure was carried out on the right side.
In an interview with journalists, doctors accompanying the former president updated his clinical condition, which was classified as stable. “We need at least 48 hours to evaluate results, complications, etc. This time will be waited, regardless of anything”, assured surgeon Cláudio Birolini.
“It is still planned to carry out a new upper digestive endoscopy, possibly tomorrow [30] or on Wednesday [31]. We are working with the hypothesis that, if there are no further complications, he will stay here until Thursday, the 1st. [de janeiro]”, added the doctor.
According to cardiologist Brasil Caiado, the crisis of “persistent or intractable hiccups”, as the episodes manifested by the former president are called, refer to extremely rare conditions, resulting from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and problems in the abdomen. The former president lives with both problems. In addition to surgery on the diaphragm nerve, treatment consists of diet control and medication.
The former president also went through a high blood pressure crisis in recent days, which has now been controlled, according to the doctor.
Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to the DF Star Hospital, in the federal capital, since December 24th. He was subjected, on Christmas Day, to a inguinal hernia surgery.
