Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro could must bear surgical procedure after being hospitalized with an intestinal blockage.

Alongside a photograph of himself giving a thumbs up in his hospital mattress, Bolsonaro tweeted he began feeling unwell on Sunday afternoon after lunch.

He mentioned medical doctors have inserted a nasogastric tube after he arrived on the hospital.

"Extra assessments might be carried out for a possible surgical procedure on an inner obstruction within the belly area," Bolsonaro added.

In one other tweet, he mentioned it was the second hospitalization "with the identical signs" since he was stabbed throughout a marketing campaign occasion greater than three years in the past and needed to bear a collection of emergency operations.

Tv community Globo confirmed pictures of the far-right chief strolling down the steps of the presidential airplane after touchdown in Sao Paolo round 1:30 a.m. native time on Monday. He has been vacationing within the southern state of Santa Catarina.

The Vila Nova Star hospital confirmed that he was admitted within the early hours of Monday with an intestinal blockage.

"He's in secure situation, present process remedy and might be re-evaluated this morning by Physician Antonio Luiz de Vasconcellos Macedo's workforce," the hospital mentioned, Reuters reported. "For the time being, there isn't any forecast for him being discharged."

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appears on after inauguration of newly appointed Minister of Federal Supreme Tribunal Andre Luiz de Almeida Mendonça on December 16, 2021 in Brasilia, Brazil. Andressa Anholete/Getty Photos

The 66-year-old has skilled a collection of medical points since he was stabbed within the stomach on the presidential marketing campaign path in September 2018.

On the time, Bolsonao was operated on by Macedo, whose workforce is overseeing his remedy in Sao Paulo. Globo reported Macedo was on trip within the Bahamas and was awaiting a flight again to Sao Paulo on Monday.

Bolsonaro was additionally taken to the Vila Nova Star hospital in July final yr resulting from an intestinal blockage. That got here after he appeared to battle with talking on quite a few events and mentioned that he suffers from recurring hiccups.

"I apologize to everybody who's listening to me as a result of I have been hiccuping for 5 days now," Bolsonaro mentioned in an interview that month.

Bolsonaro, who has been in energy since 2019, is getting ready to run for re-election in a vote scheduled for October this yr. However opinion polls present his principal rival, former leftist chief Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with a commanding lead.

In the meantime, Bolsonaro has been closely criticized for his dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brazil has been one of many world's hardest-hit nations, however Bolsonaro, who contracted the virus in 2020, has lengthy minimized the specter of the virus and has spent months sowing doubts in regards to the vaccine and in addition refused to get the shot himself.