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The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was admitted this Friday morning to the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, located in the south of the city of São Paulo, where he will be operated to remove a stone in his bladder.
In a brief note, the Brazilian government’s communications advisor said that Jair Bolsonaro will undergo, in the next few hours, “a minimally invasive surgical procedure for stone removal.” [pedra] of the bladder called endoscopic laser cystolithotripsy, under anesthesia “.
The procedure is considered simple, with an estimated duration of up to an hour and a half, and Bolsonaro will be able, if there are no unforeseen events, to return to work next week.
It is the sixth time in two years that the Brazilian head of state has undergone a surgical procedure. Of these, four interventions are related to the stabbing of Bolsonaro during the 2018 election campaign in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
The attack on Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro, at the time a candidate for the Brazilian presidential election, was stabbed during an election campaign.
At the time of the attack, sympathizers carried the candidate on their shoulders and immediately removed him from the scene and transferred him to a hospital in Minas Gerais.
Bolsonaro was the candidate of the Brazilian extreme right and was second at the polls for the presidential elections that took place in October 2018.
