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Chief Raoni Metuktire, 90, leader of the Kayapó people, was discharged on Friday (4) after exactly one week in the hospital, at the Dois Pinheiros Hospital, in Sinop, 503 km from Cuiabá. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 and had lung problems.
Raoni left the hospital in the morning and headed to Colíder, 156 km from Sinop, where he will remain until next week.
His grandson Patxon Metuktire said that, for security reasons, he will only return home to Metuktire village, located in the Capoto-Jarina Indigenous Territory, next Tuesday (8). In the meantime, you will be in town if you need medical assistance.
Laboratory tests released Thursday (3), indicated an evolution in the clinical picture, with stability in the arrhythmia,.
Internationally recognized for the struggle he articulates for indigenous peoples, Raoni was hospitalized on Friday (28) with Covid-19.
The indigenous leader Cacique Raoni, of the Kayapo tribe, during a speech in Xingu – Photo: Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
Last Friday (28), the chief was admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia by the medical team of his village, located in the Xingu Indigenous Park, in the north of Mato Grosso.
Initially, he underwent laboratory and imaging tests that diagnosed Covid-19 already in the inflammatory phase of the disease. Raoni was treated with anticoagulants, corticosteroids and antibiotics, according to hospital protocol.
Second hospitalization in a month
In July, the chief had already been admitted to a Colíder hospital after being ill. He was even flown to Sinop with gastrointestinal complications and dehydration.
According to the Raoni Institute’s management, the chief was depressed after the death of his wife, Bekwyjkà Metuktire, on June 23, a month ago. He had diabetes and suffered a stroke. Raoni was released from the hospital nine days later.
Chief Raoni story
The indigenous leader is internationally recognized for the struggle he has articulated for indigenous peoples. In 1989, he had a historic meeting with the singer Sting during the I Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples of the Xingu, in Altamira (PA).
The two met in 2009 in the city of São Paulo to discuss the construction of the Belo Monte Plant.
Chief Raoni Metuktire in front of the National Congress, in Brasilia, in April 2015 – Photo: Laycer Tomaz / Câmara dos Deputados
In November 2012, Raoni was received by the President of France, François Hollande, at the Elysee Palace. At that time, the cacique asked for the preservation of the Amazon and the people who live in the region.
Last year, Raoni was called by President Jair Bolsonaro as a “maneuvering piece” used by foreign governments to “promote their interests in the Amazon.”
The statement was made after the president met with the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, in search of support for the defense of the Amazon.
