The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro received the hospital discharge this Friday after two weeks hospitalized for a bronchopneumoniaand was transferred to his residence in Brasiliawhere it will continue cserving at least temporarily his sentence for attempted coup d’état.
Bolsonaro “has just been discharged,” he told reporters at the door of the private hospital DF Star his doctor Brasil Caiado, who said that the former president must follow an intense physiotherapy routine and care.
“In general terms his state of health is more or less balanced,” Caiado said.
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The far-right leader, 71 years old, He was admitted on March 13 with bronchopneumonia after suffering a high fever in prison.drop in oxygen saturation and chills.
After more than a week in intensive therapyon Monday he moved to a common room, which cleared the way for his departure.
However, does not return to prison, after a decision of the supreme court that authorized the transfer to his home for “humanitarian” reasons for a period of 90 extendable days.
The judge Alexandre de Moraes agreed to grant the benefit after repeatedly rejecting similar defense requests.
For months, the former president’s lawyers had argued that His state of health made serving his prison sentence unfeasible, but the requests were systematically denied.
It was the severity of this last hospitalization that finally tipped the balance.
At his home in Brasilia, Bolsonaro must wear an electronic anklet and will be prohibited from using a cell phone, social networks or recording any video or audio. You will be able to receive visits from family, lawyers and doctors.
After 90 days, the court will analyze your situation again, with the possibility of resorting to medical expertise.
Long clinical history
Bronchopneumonia is the most recent episode in a long clinical history that dates back to 2018when Bolsonaro was stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign event.
Since then it has undergone multiple surgeries and suffers recurrent hiccupssometimes accompanied by vomiting.
The infection that took him to the hospital occurred as a result of an episode of bronchial aspiration linked to these consequences.
A Bolsonaro was sentenced in September to 27 years for conspiring to stay in power after losing the 2022 elections to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Initially imprisoned at his home, in November the supreme court ordered his transfer to a cell in police facilities after it was discovered that he had damaged his electronic anklet with a soldering iron, which the court interpreted as an escape attempt.
In January they took him to a military compound within the Papuda prison complexwith better conditions.
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The return home comes less than seven months before the presidential elections in October.
The former head of state (2019-2022) appointed his eldest son, the senator Flávio Bolsonaro, as a right-wing candidate to confront the leftist Lulawho will seek a fourth term.
The latest polls show a technical tie between the two in an eventual second round.
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