Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a São Paulo hospital after a bad (and we mean bad) case of hiccups remained stable for more than ten days, Globo reports.
The self-proclaimed, ultra-conservative anti-Gay leader was first taken to a military hospital in the capital Brasilia before being transferred to a civilian facility to be tested for intestinal obstruction.
If the hiccups don’t stop on their own, he might soon consider emergency surgery.
Bolsonaro has come under heavy criticism for his mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic, downplaying the threat to such a degree that Trump’s response seems almost measured. Almost. In the past, he has urged Brazilians to forget about the virus and stop acting like a “country of f * gs”.
The president, who also boasts of being a “proud homophobe”, was pictured in his hospital bed, a priest touching his shoulder and praying.
Bolsonaro addressed the hiccup attack last week, telling listeners in a July 7 radio interview: “I apologize to everyone listening, as I have been having hiccups for five days now. . “
On social media, he complained: “I have hiccups 24 hours a day.
He also blamed the hiccups and bowel problems on an injury he sustained in a 2018 assassination attempt in which a woman stabbed him in the stomach.
“One more challenge, a consequence of the assassination attempt promoted by a former member of the [left-wing party] PSOL, the left arm of the PT, to prevent the victory of millions of Brazilians who wanted changes for Brazil, ”he posted on social networks.
He added: “A cruel attack not only on me, but on our democracy. “
The president’s approval fell sharply during his tenure, mainly due to his inability to secure the supply of Covid vaccines to alleviate the country’s suffering.
