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Bolsonaro Seeks Hospital Transfer and Humanitarian House Arrest Citing Urgent Surgeries

A medical report urges a five- to seven-day hospital stay for procedures addressing refractory hiccups alongside an inguinal hernia, with the request now before Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

Overview

  • Bolsonaro’s lawyers petitioned the Supreme Federal Court to move him from the Federal Police facility in Brasília to DF Star hospital for immediate surgical care.
  • The filing cites a plan for a phrenic nerve block to treat severe, treatment-resistant hiccups and a conventional inguinal herniorrhaphy under general anesthesia.
  • Doctors estimate a hospitalization period of five to seven days and describe symptoms that impair rest, eating, breathing, and overall quality of life.
  • The defense also asks for humanitarian home detention with electronic monitoring, subject to conditions the court may set.
  • The petition seeks authorization for medical transport with prior notice or, in urgent cases, without advance communication and later justification, and it remains pending a ruling.