Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Is Hospitalized.<br />Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Is Hospitalized.<br />The controversial Brazilian leader's hospitalization was announced Jan. 3.<br />He is being treated <br />for an apparent <br />stomach obstruction.<br />Bolsonaro had been vacationing in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.<br />He was flown to the Vila Nova Star hospital in São Paolo.<br />Bolsonaro is expected <br />to be treated by the <br />surgeon Dr. Antônio Luiz Macedo.<br />Macedo also treated <br />Bolsonaro in 2018 when <br />he was stabbed during <br />his campaign for president.<br />The Brazilian President's <br />condition is listed as stable.<br />He is receiving care from close to half a dozen doctors.<br />According to his Twitter post, Bolsonaro “started feeling poorly after lunch on Sunday.” .<br />Bolsonaro was also hospitalized in July for similar symptoms, which began with a bout of hiccups that lasted for several days.<br />Bolsonaro was also hospitalized in July for similar symptoms, which began with a bout of hiccups that lasted for several days.<br />He says that the symptoms are the result of the 2018 stabbing, which damaged his intestines.<br />For a person in Bolsonaro's condition, intestinal obstruction could result in something as simple as not sufficiently chewing one's food.<br />Bolsonaro was criticized for taking the holiday vacation in the midst of unprecedented flooding in the state of Bahia.<br />The flooding has led to at least 20 deaths and the destruction of thousands of local residences
