Overview

• The 66-year-old PDT federal deputy suffered a stroke on Friday, September 26, and was hospitalized in Fortaleza.
• He remains in intensive care under continuous monitoring, with his team reporting favorable evolution on Sunday, September 28.
• A prior medical bulletin said he was stable, conscious, oriented, and without apparent sequelae.
• His advisers report he is well-disposed, conversing normally, and already walking in his hospital room.
• Benevides Filho represents Ceará in the Chamber of Deputies, previously served as Ceará’s planning secretary, and is a professor serving a 2023–2027 term.