"Brazil's jailed ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, fell and struck his head in his prison cell, but his request to go to a hospital was denied by the country's top judge. The 70-year-old right-wing leader fell out of bed while sleeping and hit his head on a piece of furniture, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. list of 3 itemsend of list We are going to the hospital. My love will undergo exams, Michelle Bolsonaro said."
"However, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes denied Bolsonaro's request to immediately leave prison for tests at a hospital in Brasilia. The federal police said in a statement that Bolsonaro received initial medical treatment in the morning, adding that a federal police doctor found minor injuries and saw no need for hospitalisation. Any referral to a hospital depends on authorisation from the Supreme Court, it added. Bolsonaro, who was stabbed in the abdomen during a 2018 campaign event, has a history of hospitalisations."
Jair Bolsonaro fell out of his prison bed while sleeping and struck his head on a piece of furniture. Michelle Bolsonaro announced plans to go to a hospital and said he would undergo exams. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes denied an immediate transfer request for hospital tests. The federal police reported that Bolsonaro received initial medical treatment and that a federal police doctor found minor injuries and saw no need for hospitalisation. Any hospital referral requires Supreme Court authorisation. Bolsonaro has a history of medical procedures after a 2018 stabbing and returned to prison after December treatments and a January 1 discharge.
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