Bogota - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday left
hospital after a 17-day stay, during which he suffered complications
following surgery, local media reported.
The 63-year-old was discharged with a "normalised" lung condition and
restored bowel function, according to the medical report quoted by
the daily Folha de Sao Paulo.
"I just have to thank God and everyone for finally being able to
return to work in full normality," Bolsonaro tweeted.
The far-right president had surgery at the Sao Paulo hospital on
January 28 to remove a colostomy bag he was given after being stabbed
in the abdomen during an electoral campaign rally in September.
His departure from hospital was delayed twice. Doctors first had to
drain an accumulation of liquid from where he had the colostomy bag,
and he then developed a fever and symptoms of pneumonia, the medical
report said.
During his stay, Bolsonaro was given antibiotics and was put on a
liquid diet.
He downplayed the complications and said they had not been reported
impartially.
Bolsonaro took office on January 1.