President Of Brazil Hospitalised For Intestinal Blockage

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital in São Paulo on Monday over a suspected intestinal blockage, the government said in a statement.

The 66-year-old was admitted for treatment after complaining of “abdominal discomfort,” the statement said.

According to the g1 news website, he was flown to the hospital from Santa Catarina, where he was holidaying on the southern coast of Brazil.

Bolsonaro is doing well, according to the government, which has promised further updates once the president’s medical examination is complete.

The right-wing populist politician was diagnosed with an intestinal blockage back in July, after which he spent several days in a São Paulo hospital.

This time around, Bolsonaro’s doctor Antônio Luiz Macedo interrupted his holiday in the Bahamas to return to Brazil to treat the president, g1 reported.

Macedo operated on Bolsonaro after a knife attack during the 2018 election campaign left him in a critical condition.

At the campaign event in September 2018, a mentally ill man stabbed Bolsonaro, seriously damaging his abdomen.

The former army captain continued campaigning from the hospital and won the presidential election a month later.

Bolsonaro has been forced to undergo several operations since he took office in early 2019, including surgery to repair his intestinal tract.