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Rapper Hungria Stable After Suspected Methanol Poisoning as Brazil Expands Outbreak Response

Doctors report improving lab results after hemodialysis at a Brasília hospital.

Overview

  • Hungria remains hospitalized at Hospital DF Star, where his team says he is stable, symptom‑free, and showing a positive evolution with normalized metabolic indices.
  • An ophthalmologic evaluation found normal exams, and the artist continues on hemodialysis as part of treatment for suspected toxic alcohol exposure.
  • The rapper’s sister says he called for help describing a strong taste of gasoline, reports that he was given ethanol as an emergency measure, and confirms a vodka bottle was sent for forensic analysis.
  • Investigators are examining where he drank in recent days, with a São Bernardo do Campo venue he performed at interdicted and local authorities seizing bottles and inspecting bars.
  • Brazil’s Health Ministry says there are 59 notifications and 11 confirmed cases with one official death, has set up a crisis center, distributed pharmaceutical ethanol, and is seeking supplies of the antidote fomepizole.