The right-wing populist President of Brazil had to go to the hospital again with an intestinal obstruction. This is due to the knife attack more than three years ago and an unchewed shrimp.
At an election rally in 2018, a man stabbed Bolsonaro and seriously injured him in the stomach.
(dpa) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was released from hospital on Wednesday after two days. The 66-year-old had to go to a clinic in São Paulo for treatment on Monday because of an intestinal obstruction. Now the right-wing populist politician published a photo on Twitter that shows him with his doctors. Everyone has their thumbs up. No surgical intervention was required, according to the government.
– Alta agora.
– Obrigado a todos.
– Tudo posso NAQUELE QUE ME FORTALECE. pic.twitter.com/UwSZelbBh3– Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) January 5, 2022
Bolsonaro had already been treated in the clinic for several days in July for an intestinal obstruction. According to him, the complaints go back to a knife attack in the 2018 election campaign. At the time, a mentally disturbed man stabbed him and inflicted severe abdominal injuries. Bolsonaro had to be operated on several times.
There are presidential elections in Brazil in October. Bolsonaro is applying for a second term. As head of state, he is controversial. In Brazil, he was recently criticized for not interrupting his vacation despite severe flooding in the state of Bahia. Bolsonari denied allegations of politically exploiting his health after leaving the clinic and defended his days off prior to admission.
“We’ve done fantastic things these days that hardly any other government would do. The president is not on vacation. It’s mean to say that I’m on vacation. I have my little jet ski escapes, “said Bolsonaro, according to the newspaper” Folha de S. Paulo “. According to the news portal “G1”, the doctor Antônio Luiz Macedo said that Bolsonaro’s health problem was caused by an inadequately chewed shrimp.