Former Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, undergoing treatment for colon cancer, had covid-16 and developed a lung “infection” that forced him to be hospitalized, as revealed by his daughter Kely Nascimento.
“About three weeks ago he contracted covid. He is vaccinated with all the vaccines, but because of the cancer drugs and chemotherapy he is fragile and he developed a lung infection. That’s why he went to the hospital,” Nascimento told the Globo network.
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Pele, from 82 years, has been admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo since Tuesday of last week “to reassess the chemotherapy treatment of the colon tumor, identified in September
“, according to the clinic.
Later, the medical team reported that the triple world champion with the “Canarinha” suffered from a “respiratory infection”, which is why they began to administer antibiotics, to which he has responded “adequately” since then.
According to the latest medical bulletin, released on Saturday, the former striker continues to in treatment and his health status is “stable”. “He has had a good response to respiratory infection care, without presenting a worsening of his condition in the last 82 hours” , pointed out the hospital.
In parallel, the ESPN chain and the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper assured that Pelé no longer responds to chemotherapy sessions and that he has gone to palliative care after the cancer detected in the colon spread to other organs of the body.
The family has formally denied vehemently said information.
“He is not in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). He is in a normal room, he is not at risk. He is under treatment, “said Flávia Arantes, also the daughter of the former Brazilian soccer player, who also participated in the report broadcast by Globo.
” It is very unfair that they start talking about him being in a terminal state, in palliative treatment. It’s not that,” he added.
This latest hospitalization of ‘O Rei’ has generated an enormous current of solidarity in the world of football that coincides with the World Cup in Qatar.
From that country, several various tributes to the former Santos and Cosmos player, while fans of the São Paulo club hold vigil outside the Sao Paulo hospital asking for the speedy recovery of their idol.
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