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CT Scan Finds No Signs of Stroke in Flordelis as Defense Presses for Hospital Transfer

Her lawyers cite disartria and other symptoms to argue the prison cannot provide adequate care.

Overview

  • After a new evaluation at the Gericinó UPA, clinicians noted disartria and sent her for a cranial CT at Hospital Municipal Albert Schweitzer, which reported no apparent abnormalities.
  • The state prison authority (Seap) says she was treated for acute low back pain, medicated, and remains stable inside the Bangu complex without continuous hospital monitoring.
  • The defense alleges episodes suggestive of a stroke, including fainting, vomiting, and slurred speech, and says it will petition the Vara de Execuções Penais for an urgent transfer to a public hospital.
  • An earlier UPA record this week logged lumbar pain with normal vital signs at discharge, contrasting with the family’s reports of neurological symptoms.
  • Flordelis, 65, is serving a 50-year sentence for ordering her husband’s 2019 killing, and her lawyers point to multiple psychiatric and anticonvulsant prescriptions as complicating her treatment needs.