Brazil's Bolsonaro rushed to hospital after feeling 'unwell'
Bolsonaro's wife Michelle wrote on Instagram that he was receiving intravenous medication and undergoing exams.
Jair Bolsonaro leaves the DF Star hospital accompanied by his son Jair Renan (R) in Brasilia on Sunday after undergoing a series of medical examinations, as he remains under house arrest. His wife said Tuesday that he was receiving intravenous medication and undergoing exams after being rushed to hospital. AFP Photo
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Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to hospital with a police guard Tuesday after falling ill while under house arrest, his son Flavio said.
The 70-year-old Bolsonaro experienced "a severe bout of hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure," Flavio wrote on X, describing the situation as "an emergency."
"I ask everyone to pray that it's nothing serious."
Bolsonaro's wife Michelle wrote on Instagram that he was receiving intravenous medication and undergoing exams.
The far-right firebrand was convicted and sentenced last week to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup to overthrow leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following Bolsonaro's October 2022 election defeat.
A Penal Police vehicle is parked outside of the hospital where former president Jair Bolsonaro was admitted following health complications at his home, at the DF Star Hospital in Brasília, Brazil, on September 16, 2025. AFP Photo
His lawyers have said they will appeal.
Bolsonaro visited the hospital on Sunday and had eight skin lesions removed and sent for biopsies.
His doctor Claudio Birolini said at the time that Bolsonaro, who has had multiple operations in recent years due to complications from a 2018 stabbing in his stomach, was "quite weak" and had developed slight anemia, "probably due to poor nutrition over the last month."