The president arrived at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital around 8 am on Friday. The exact time of the surgery has not been announced, but a press conference with the medical team will take place later today.
Over 20 thousand women are waiting in line for the procedure in the public hospital network. The strategy for the expansion of surgeries will last 24 months.
Brazil´s President-elect underwent a laryngoscopy. A leukoplakia of the left vocal fold - a lesion in the larynx – has been removed. No neoplasia (cancer) has been detected.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrived at the Alvorada presidential residence on Monday afternoon (Sep 16) after being discharged from São Paulo’s Vila Nova Star hospital, where he underwent a surgery to fix an abdominal hernia on September 8.