Pelé is discharged after recovering from a urinary infection

Brazilian former soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pele’ He was discharged after recovering from a urinary infection and will continue with the treatment of the colon tumor that was detected last September, medical sources reported Monday.

Skin He was discharged last Saturday from the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he had been admitted since February 13 to sequence colon cancer treatment, according to his medical team in a statement released on Monday.

According to the note, Skin he was forced to extend his stay at the medical center in the capital of São Paulo after contracting a urinary tract infection, from which he is already “cured” and for which he was discharged at the weekend. “The patient is in stable clinical condition, already cured of his urinary infection, and will continue the treatment of the colon tumor, identified in September 2021,” said the medical bulletin released by the hospital.

On August 31, the triple world champion with Canarinha (1958, 1962 and 1970) was hospitalized in that same clinic to perform routine tests that he had postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and in which the tumor was detected. , which was operated on a few days later.

Since then, Skin He has undergone chemotherapy sessions that have routinely taken him to the hospital, which has generated endless rumors about his state of health, which the former player himself has had to publicly deny on several occasions.

In addition to the tumor, the health of Skin She has been deteriorating in recent years due to various spinal, hip and knee problems that have reduced her mobility and have forced her to go through the surgical center.

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