Overview
- Brazil’s Federal Council of Medicine ordered an immediate sindicância into complaints about the care provided to Jair Bolsonaro while in Federal Police custody.
- The inquiry was delegated to the Federal District’s regional council, which will examine whether appropriate monitoring and specialty support were ensured.
- The Federal Police said a duty physician found only minor injuries and recommended observation, indicating no immediate need for hospital referral.
- CFM stated Bolsonaro’s complex medical history requires continuous, immediate monitoring with access to multiple specialties, including urgent and emergency care.
- Alexandre de Moraes initially denied a hospital transfer request, sought the PF medical report and proposed exams, then authorized Bolsonaro’s move to Hospital DF Star the next morning; Michelle Bolsonaro had publicly disclosed the fall.