Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro departs a hospital where he received medical treatment as he returns home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP)
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last week of leading an attempted coup, has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said on Wednesday.”Two tested positive for a type of tumor called squamous cell carcinoma, which isn’t the most benign or the most aggressive,” news agency AFP quoted Bolsonaro’s doctor Claudio Birolini as saying. He was referring to the right-wing leader’s skin lesions, eight of which were removed and sent for biopsies on Sunday.”It’s intermediate, but it’s still a type of skin cancer that can have more serious consequences,” Biorlini further said, adding that no further treatment is currently required. The announcement coincided with Bolsonaro’s discharge from a hospital in the capital, Brasilia, where he was rushed after suffering violent bouts of hiccups, vomiting and low blood pressure, on Tuesday.In a medical bulletin, the DF Star hospital said Bolsonaro had arrived “dehydrated, with elevated heart rate and a drop in blood pressure.””Exams showed persistent anaemia and impaired kidney function,” the bulletin read.Bolsonaro has had multiple health issues and operations in recent years due to complications following a 2018 stabbing while campaigning for president.The latest episode comes after his conviction last week on charges that he plotted to overthrow leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who beat him in 2022 presidential elections.Bolsonaro’s lawyers have said they will appeal the conviction, for which he was sentenced to 27 years in prison.He reported multiple health woes during the judicial process and missed the verdict phase of his trial.
