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.