Overview

• He experienced persistent hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure that prompted urgent medical attention.
• Hospital DF Star said he would stay overnight for observation after receiving an iron infusion.
• Custodial officers transported the 70-year-old to the clinic, where physicians reported traces of a recent pneumonia.
• His son Flávio said a diaphragm spasm made breathing difficult and led to vomiting to clear his airways.
• He remains under house arrest after a Sept. 10 conviction for an attempted coup that brought a sentence of more than 27 years, and he was treated earlier in the week for skin lesions amid a history of care linked to a 2018 stabbing.