Overview
- The 75-year-old broadcaster was admitted to Santa Casa de Londrina after feeling unwell during Christmas celebrations at his residence.
- Doctors identified initial signs of pneumonia and kept him under observation for exams, with relatives emphasizing the case is not serious.
- His daughter said he has shown clinical improvement and is expected to leave the hospital on Saturday to continue treatment at home as advised by his physicians.
- He spent about a week hospitalized in November at Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo for viral pneumonia, a recent history that prompted extra caution now.
- Interest in his condition grew after he narrated the Copa do Brasil final on December 21 and signed with SBT to call the 2026 World Cup.