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Kayapó leader Raoni improves but remains hospitalized in Mato Grosso
Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire has improved while being treated at a hospital in Peixoto de Azevedo, in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state.
He has been hospitalized since Tuesday and has gone 24 hours without medicine to stabilize his blood pressure.
He is stable and breathing without oxygen, but is receiving a blood transfusion for anemia and antibiotics for a lung infection.
Doctors are continuing to monitor him, and there is no date set for his discharge.
Raoni was diagnosed with digestive-tract cancer in September and has been receiving palliative care at home.
He is a leading Indigenous voice for the Amazon, and his health matters to people who follow the protection of Indigenous territories and the forest.
He will remain under medical care and monitoring.
Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire has improved clinically but remains hospitalized in Mato Grosso.
He has gone 24 hours without medication to stabilize his blood pressure, according to a medical bulletin.
Raoni is awake, breathing without oxygen and receiving a red blood cell transfusion for anemia.
He remains under continuous monitoring, and doctors have not said when he may be discharged.
Doctors also identified a lung infection and began intravenous antibiotic treatment.
- Who
- Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire, 94.
- What
- He has improved but remains hospitalized and under continuous monitoring.
- When
- He was admitted on Tuesday, November 10; a medical bulletin on Friday, November 13, reported his condition.
- Where
- Regional Hospital of Peixoto de Azevedo, in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Raoni was diagnosed with cancer of the digestive system and began receiving palliative care at home in Peixoto de Azevedo.
Raoni was admitted to the Regional Hospital of Peixoto de Azevedo.
A medical bulletin reported that he was stable and had gone 24 hours without medication to stabilize his blood pressure.
- Age
- 94
- Hospital
- Regional Hospital of Peixoto de Azevedo
- Location
- Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Blood pressure medication
- None needed for 24 hours, according to the bulletin
- Additional treatment
- Red blood cell transfusion for anemia; intravenous antibiotics for a lung infection