Former President Jair Bolsonaro remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Hospital DF Star in Brasília, where he was admitted on March 13 after developing a severe case of bilateral bacterial bronchopneumonia, likely of aspirative origin. Bolsonaro was rushed to the private hospital by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) after presenting high fever, a significant drop in oxygen saturation, heavy sweating, and chills.
The former president, who is serving a 27-year and 3-month sentence at the Papuda penitentiary complex following his conviction related to an attempted coup d'état after the 2022 elections, was transferred from the prison facility directly to the hospital. Imaging and laboratory tests conducted upon admission confirmed the diagnosis of bacterial bronchopneumonia affecting both lungs.
According to medical bulletins signed by cardiologist Brasil Caiado, ICU general coordinator Antônio Aurélio de Paiva Fagundes Júnior, and hospital director-general Allisson B. Barcelos Borges, treatment includes intravenous antibiotic therapy, intensive clinical support, and respiratory and motor physiotherapy. Over the following days, medical updates indicated progressive clinical and laboratory improvement, though Bolsonaro remains in the ICU with no discharge date established.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized the presence of his wife Michelle Bolsonaro as a hospital companion, as well as visits from children Jair Renan, Flávio, Carlos, Laura, and stepdaughter Letícia. Hospital security is maintained through a permanent police detail, with two officers stationed at the room door and additional teams at internal and external access points. Electronic devices including computers and cell phones are prohibited, except for medical equipment.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), the former president's eldest son, was the first to announce the hospitalization via social media. After visiting his father at the hospital, Flávio stated that "the doctors said this was his worst hospitalization here regarding the amount of fluid in his lungs." The senator also appealed for humanitarian home confinement, arguing that conditions at the prison facility hinder adequate medical care for the former president, who has a history of health complications stemming from the stabbing attack he suffered in 2018.