Bolsonaro presents instability in his body balance, doctors say

Former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) presented a persistent and unchanged condition of instability in body balance, according to the weekly medical report this Friday, 15th, sent to the Federal Supreme Court (STF). Doctors also reported that a mild change was identified that still remains in the lower part of his left lung.

In March of this year, Bolsonaro spent two weeks hospitalized in Brasília to treat pneumonia caused by episodes of hiccups. In early May, the former president was hospitalized again for surgery on his right shoulder. Now, under house arrest, he is monitored by professionals, who send a weekly report to the STF about his health condition.

According to the latest document sent to the Court, Bolsonaro “presented recurrent and persistent hiccups in recent days, with considerable improvement and stabilization after therapeutic adjustment”. Professionals also reported that Bolsonaro’s blood pressure is under control.

According to doctors, he is regularly and daily undergoing a “light motor physiotherapy protocol, in addition to the use of a sling for partial immobilization of the right upper limb”.

The former president is no longer complaining of post-operative pain and is using analgesic medications transdermally, that is, applied directly to the skin, in the form of patches or gels, to be absorbed and enter the bloodstream.

Sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for an attempted coup d’état, the former president had humanitarian house arrest granted by Minister Alexandre de Moraes in March, with an initial period of 90 days, to recover from bronchopneumonia. Previously, he served his sentence in the 19th Military Police Battalion of the Federal District, known as Papudinha.