Tag: Surgery

• Monday, July 19th 2021 - 08:06 UTC

  Bolsonaro discharged from hospital, will still require outpatient care

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged Sunday from the Vila Nova Star Hospital in São Paulo where he had been admitted four days before to treat an intestinal obstruction linked to the stab wound he sustained during an attack while campaigning for office.

• Friday, July 16th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro averts chances of emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said from his hospital bed in São Paulo that the chances that he might require to undergo surgery were “very remote.”

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Ecuadorean President Lasso travels to US for surgery but will stay in command

  

  Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Sunday flew to Miami to undergo spinal cord surgery, after which he is expected to spend several days in rehabilitation.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Uruguayan Minister Falero recovering well after tumor surgery

  

  Uruguay's Transport Minister José Luis Falero underwent a surgical procedure Thursday to have a tumour next to one of his eyes removed, it was reported.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay: Pepe Mujica recovering after surgery to remove fishbone from his throat

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica was recovering well following an emergency procedure to remove a fishbone from his throat, according to medical sources.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 06:53 UTC

  Uruguayan Presidential Secretary recovering “well” following emergency surgery

  

  Uruguayan Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado was recovering “well” and hoped to be discharged from the hospital Thursday, following an emergency appendix surgery on Wednesday, it was reported.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Bolsonaro will undergo surgery to remove a bladder stone next Friday

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to undergo surgery to remove a bladder stone on Friday, a doctor for the Brazilian leader said on Sunday. Bolsonaro will check in to a hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday to prepare for the procedure and will be hospitalized until Saturday or Sunday at the latest, said Leandro Echenique, one of several doctors on Bolsonaro's medical team.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro leaves hospital to continue recovery at home; he will not retake office yet

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left hospital on Monday eight days after another operation on his stomach following his stabbing at a campaign rally last year.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro's recovery “visibly impresses” doctors but release from hospital still unconfirmed

  

  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro continues to improve after surgery, but there is as yet no date scheduled for his release from the hospital, according to the presidential spokesman. Speaking to journalists in Sao Paulo, Otavio Rego Barros said that the doctors left Bolsonaro’s room “visibly impressed” with his progress on Sunday morning.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro still in hospital returns to feeding with liquids

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a feeding tube removed from his nose on Friday, doctors said, five days after another operation on his stomach, where he was stabbed during a campaign rally last year.