With Ivana Bastos in ICU, Bahia Assembly Goes Two Weeks Without Votes

Overview

• Ivana Bastos, president of the Bahia state assembly, was admitted to an ICU in Salvador with a diagnosis of colitis and dehydration.
• She is receiving intravenous antibiotics and remains under rigorous medical observation, according to the assembly’s press office.
• Officials report that she is stable and conscious and is considered to be improving.
• On Tuesday, a brief session led by Deputy Olívia Santana concluded without votes, marking two weeks without any project approvals.
• Medical guidance has removed Bastos from her duties temporarily, and there is no forecast for hospital discharge or return to work.