Bolsonaro has been in and out of the hospital since being stabbed at a 2018 campaign event
- Jair Bolsonaro, the former leader of Brazil, was admitted to the Vila Star Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 23, 2023.
- Bolsonaro's close aid told the media he was admitted for a routine health examination.
- Bolsonaro is currently being targeted by several investigations for activities while he was president.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday for what a close aide described as routine health examinations.
Bolsonaro has been in and out of hospitals since he was stabbed in his abdomen at a campaign event before Brazil's 2018 presidential election. The conservative leader underwent several surgeries during his presidency from 2019-2022.
He was admitted Wednesday to Vila Nova Star Hospital in São Paulo. "These exams aim to assess his clinical condition, especially in the digestive system," Fabio Wajngarten, a lawyer and close Bolsonaro aide, said on his official account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gets into a car after landing at the airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
Bolsonaro left office at the end of 2022, after losing a reelection bid against leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro is under mounting pressure, targeted by several investigations for activities while he was president, and in relation to a rampage by his supporters in the national capital after he left office.
