Jair Bolsonaro stays in hospital and will not be released yet

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, presented Tuesday a improved health and was allowed to drink liquids, although doctors have not advanced information on a possible medical outing, originally scheduled for this Wednesday, informed the spokesman of the presidency.

After undergoing the previous day a sting for removal of a build-up of fluid near his bowel, the chair "It evolves without pain, without fever and with reduction of fluid collection in the abdomen", said the spokesman of the government, Otavio do Rego Barros.

Despite this improvement, the medical bulletin published Tuesday by the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo indicated that Bolsonaro remains on antibiotic treatment, as well as with a probe and a drain in the abdomenEight days after his operation last Monday, he suffered the third badault after the September attack.

So, Rego Barros pointed out at a press conference that "Clinical and surgical team has not yet set release date"Medical, originally scheduled for this Wednesday.

The spokesman said that "there is no way to advance a discharge forecast"since, after the phase of antibiotic administration,"all information"will allow doctors to determine"when and how"the exit conditions of the agent will be given.

Similarly, the president, leader of the Brazilian far right, was not allowed to leave the ward of the semi-intensive care unit to perform physical exercises, then. "activities are limited to fixed bike"explained the spokesman.

Although he has not maintained his official commitments in recent days, Rego Barros has emphasized that Bolsonaro is "very satisfied"with the work done by his team of ministers.

In addition, the spokesman reiterated that the oscillations in the state of health of the far right are "in the expected aspects"given the complexity of the procedure to which it has been submitted.

On the last day of 28 years, Bolsonaro went for the third time in less than four months in the operating room, this time to remove the colostomy bag that he wore since September, date to which he had been stabbed during the election campaign.

After the surge, the president underwent two emergency surgeries, had the colostomy bag installed and was hospitalized for nearly a month.

"(The President) wants to quickly overcome this process, but has understood the importance of taking measures in a fairly parsimonious way," concluded the spokesman.

(With EFE information)