Brazil’s President Bolsonaro Stable After Hernia Surgery
- Incisional hernia had developed due to previous operations
- Bolsonaro was stabbed during presidential campaign in 2018
Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia on, Aug. 28.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is stable after a surgery to correct an incisional hernia that developed during the healing process from three procedures he underwent after being stabbed in September 2018.
According to the press office of Vila Nova Star hospital, the surgery on Sunday started at 7:35 a.m. and was concluded at 12:40 p.m. The operation lasted longer than the two hours the medical team initially expected due to intestinal adhesions caused by the previous surgeries, chief surgeon Antonio Macedo said at a press conference after the procedure.