Archive · 28 Dec 2025
Bolsonaro undergoes surgery for hiccups
Jair Bolsonaro, the former President of Brazil, had a special surgery called a phrenic nerve block to help with his hiccups.
His wife, Michelle, shared this news on social media.
The doctors did the procedure on the right side and plan to do another one on the left side in two days.
This surgery is meant to help stop the hiccups that Bolsonaro has been having for a while.
Jair Bolsonaro underwent a phrenic nerve block procedure to treat persistent hiccups.
The procedure was performed on Saturday, with a follow-up scheduled in 48 hours.
Bolsonaro's wife, Michelle, announced the surgery on social media.
Doctors blocked the right phrenic nerve and plan to block the left one in the next procedure.
The surgery aims to alleviate Bolsonaro's long-standing hiccup issue.
- Who
- Jair Bolsonaro, former President of Brazil
- What
- Underwent a phrenic nerve block procedure to treat persistent hiccups
- When
- Saturday, with a follow-up procedure scheduled in 48 hours
- Where
- Location not specified
- Why
- To treat persistent hiccups
- Patient
- Jair Bolsonaro
- Procedure
- Phrenic nerve block
- Date
- Saturday
- Source
- Michelle Bolsonaro
- Next Procedure
- 48 hours later
