Brazilian soccer legend Pelé will continue to be hospitalized for a urinary tract infection in a São Paulo hospital where he is receiving chemotherapy for a colon tumor, the establishment where he is receiving treatment reported Monday.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé, entered the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on February 13 to continue his treatment for the colon tumor detected in September of last year, and has been hospitalized since that day.
Eight days after hospitalization, the Albert Einstein reported that it detected a urinary infection during routine tests, “which extended the stay” of Pelé, 81, in the medical center.
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“Clinical conditions are stable, and hospital discharge should occur in the next few days,” the hospital said in a bulletin.
The star keeps his followers up to date on his health
Pelé, world champion in 1958, 1962 and 1970 with Brazil, has remained active on social networks, communicating to his followers the improvements in his evolution thanks to chemotherapy treatment. The Brazilian star spent the end of the year holidays at his house in Guarujá (south).
“As I have done monthly, I am going to the hospital to continue my treatment. I hope there is popcorn to watch the Super Bowl,” Pelé published on his social networks on February 13, the day the final of the soccer tournament was played. American.
Since the diagnosis was known, his daughter Kely Nascimento has acted as an informal spokesperson for the idol, often having to deny rumors about her father’s state of health.
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King Pele’s ailment history
In addition to the tumor, the Brazilian idol, who dazzled at Santos, faced various health problems in recent years that have taken him to the hospital. The last time was in 2019, when he was hospitalized in Paris and transferred to Sao Paulo to remove a kidney stone.
In 2014 ‘O Rei’ was hospitalized in intensive care after another urinary infection that forced him to undergo dialysis on his left kidney, after his right kidney was removed in the 1970s due to an injury when he was still a player. He also had hip problems that reduced his mobility and forced him to use a wheelchair.
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