A day after he was brought to the hospital with low blood pressure and other symptoms, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been released.

According to a hospital note, Bolsonaro was released on Wednesday. His doctors said that they detected early-stage cancer in recently removed skin lesions.

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Bolsonaro, under house arrest in Brasilia until his sentence is finalized, has been to hospital twice since Thursday’s court verdict. He went to the DF Star hospital Sunday to have eight lesions removed for testing, and again on Tuesday because of vomiting and low blood pressure before being released Wednesday.

Results showed early-stage skin cancer in two of the lesions, doctors said in a statement Wednesday, adding that Bolsonaro will need clinical monitoring and regular reevaluation.

The 70-year-old former army captain was brought to the hospital suffering from a “severe bout of hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure” his son, Flavio, wrote on X on Tuesday.

Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil from 2019 to 2023, has had recurring intestinal issues since he was stabbed while campaigning in 2018, including at least six related surgeries, the last being a 12-hour-long procedure in April.

On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison after finding him guilty of plotting a coup following his 2022 election loss to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

He has been under house arrest since August, after he allegedly sought pressure on the courts from United States President Donald Trump. It is unclear whether he will remain under house arrest while his appeal is pending or be moved to prison.

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