the health of Skin gets worse. Good news does not come from the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo, where the emblematic soccer player was admitted to regulate his medication against the cancer he suffers from. This Wednesday all the alarms went off when the doctors announced that the football star’s cancer has advanced and is already affecting vital organs such as the kidneys and the heart.
According to the medical statement, 82-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known worldwide as Pelé, is under “high care” due to the “kidney and heart dysfunctions” he suffers.
The three-time World Cup winner has been receiving chemotherapy to fight cancer since having a colon tumor removed in September 2021. So far, neither his family nor the hospital have indicated whether the tumor had spread to other organs. .
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They also do not clarify if his current conditions have to do with the recent respiratory infection of the soccer ace, which was aggravated by COVID-19.
As published by the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, the champion’s chemotherapy is not working, so the doctors have put him in palliative care. The family of the Brazilian player has denied these published statements, although the statement recently issued by the hospital would confirm that all the alarms have gone off.
The only thing that one of his daughters, Kely Nascimentohas confirmed is that the admired athlete will spend Christmas safely in the hospital admitted: “We decided with the doctors that, for many reasons, it would be best for us to stay here, with all the care that this new family in Einstein gives us”, has written on his Instagram account.
In the same post, Kely tries to assuage “concern” by assuring that at the medical center “we’ll even make some caipirinhas (no kidding). We love you and will update next week.”
All of Brazil, and soccer fans around the world, are watching the health of Pelé, who led the Rio de Janeiro team to be world champions in the World Cups held in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
For this reason, and for being one of the greatest World Cup scorers of all time, with a total of 77 goals, during the recent competition in Qatar, the world of football has been watching the evolution of the Brazilian star. , and several tributes have been paid to him.