Former President Jair Bolsonaro
Photo: TABA BENEDICTO / ESTADAO / Estadão
The former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) was hospitalized to treat a skin infection this Saturday morning, 4th, in Manaus. He arrived in the capital of Amazonas on Friday, the 3rd, already in discomfort, and was treated on Saturday morning at a private hospital in the city, which diagnosed a case of erysipelas, the same bacterial infection that affected him in November 2022, after of the defeat in the presidential elections.
Upon leaving the hospital, Bolsonaro spoke briefly to journalists. “A case of erysipelas appeared. I didn’t sleep all last night. My wife and the doctors didn’t want me to come, but I had an appointment here (in Manaus). I’m a bit tough on the fall. So I came and was well treated by the doctors” , he said.
After being released, the former president also participated in the closing of a PL Mulher meeting, headed by the former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro.
It is not the first time that the former president has faced an episode of skin infection. In November 2022, Bolsonaro canceled schedules due to the same problem. At the time, the then vice-president, Hamilton Mourão, said that the illness prevented the then-president from wearing pants.
As it is a bacterial infection, erysipelas is treated with antibiotics. Depending on the severity of the condition, signs of improvement begin to appear within 48 hours of starting the medication.
