Overview
- The 70-year-old was rushed to the DF Star clinic under police escort after violent hiccups, vomiting and a drop in blood pressure, then improved with intravenous treatment.
- Doctors said biopsies of eight removed skin lesions found squamous cell carcinoma in two, with no immediate active cancer therapy planned beyond monitoring.
- A hospital bulletin reported he arrived dehydrated with elevated heart rate, anemia and impaired kidney function, which improved before he was discharged.
- He remains under house arrest with electronic monitoring and a social media ban, and prison police stood guard during his hospital stay.
- Bolsonaro was sentenced last week to 27 years for leading an attempted coup, and his lawyers have announced an appeal that delays any incarceration until remedies are exhausted.