Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been returned to prison after undergoing a series of hospital tests for a fall and a blow to the head, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, announced in an Instagram post.
Examinations at a hospital in Brasilia, which included a CT scan and an MRI, showed a mild traumatic brain injury, his doctor, Brazil Kaiado, told reporters. Kaiado added that the findings were not worrisome and that no intracranial injury had been identified.
Doctors suspect that Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election to incumbent leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, may have dizziness and balance disorders related to medication he takes to treat hiccups, Caiado said.
Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes granted Bolsonaro temporary release from prison for medical examination after the former president hit his head on Tuesday night, according to a court decision published on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
De Moraes had previously rejected an earlier request for Bolsonaro to leave prison on Tuesday, arguing that there was no need for him to be urgently transferred to the hospital.
Bolsonaro underwent a series of medical procedures in December to treat a hernia and hiccups. The former president was stabbed in the stomach during a campaign event in 2018 and has a history of hospitalizations and surgeries related to that attack.
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