Overview
- Doctors at DF Star hospital said the bilateral inguinal hernia operation lasted about three and a half to four hours and concluded without complications after starting around 9:15 a.m. local time.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized the temporary hospital transfer with 24-hour Federal Police surveillance, at least two agents posted at the room, and a ban on phones, computers and other electronic devices.
- Michelle Bolsonaro is approved as the in-room companion, and the judge later allowed Bolsonaro’s children limited visits during the hospitalization with prior authorization.
- Bolsonaro remains a convicted inmate serving roughly 27 years for attempting to overturn the 2022 election result, and a recent bid for home detention was denied.
- The medical team will evaluate in the coming days whether to perform a phrenic nerve block to address recurrent hiccups, while post‑operative care includes pain control, physiotherapy and thrombosis prevention.