BOGOTA (Colombia), Sept 17 (Bernama-Anadolu) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a hospital on Tuesday in Brasilia after feeling sick, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, quoting his son, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro.
The younger Bolsonaro said his father experienced “severe hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure.”
He confirmed that his father was taken to the hospital in an “emergency” and was accompanied by prison guards from his home in the capital city.
“I ask for everyone’s prayers that it is nothing serious,” he said.
A house arrest order issued by Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes allows Bolsonaro to seek emergency medical care, but requires him to provide medical proof for his release within 24 hours.
It was his second hospitalisation in the last week, after the former president was treated Sunday for skin lesions.
A hospital report noted that a surgical procedure was performed under local anaesthesia to remove eight lesions from his torso and right arm. Recent laboratory tests also showed Bolsonaro is anaemic, and a chest CT scan revealed “residual signs of recent pneumonia.”
Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since Aug 4 by court order from de Moraes.
It was implemented after the former president allegedly failed to comply with previously imposed restrictions, including a ban on social media use.
The Federal Supreme Court sentenced Bolsonaro last Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison for participating in a coup plot.
It was the first time in Brazil’s history that a former president received a sentence for a coup.
— BERNAMA-ANADOLU
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