Benedito Ruy Barbosa is hospitalized in the ICU with chronic renal failure

The playwright Benedito Ruy Barbosa, 94, has been hospitalized for five days in Sao Paulo. According to HCOR (Syrian Beneficent Association Hospital do Heart), it was hospitalized last Tuesday (20) through the worsening of a chronic renal failure.

“The patient is hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and has been presenting clinical improvement and laboratory tests. At the moment, there is no forecast of discharge,” says medical bulletin sent to F5, Signed by Dr. Gabriel Dalla Costa, Medical Superintendent and Technical Director, and Dr. Cyrilo Emilio Zuccon Mantovani, General Practice.

Ruy Barbosa is the author of prominent plots, such as “My Piece of Chão” (1971), “Sinhá Moça” (1986), “Renascer” (1993) and “The King of Cattle” (1996).

In January, he made a rare appearance in a photo published by his daughter on social networks. “On a party night, marrying another grandson of this beautiful Barbosa family,” published Edmara. The image thrilled friends and famous, who praised the author in the profile.

Barbosa exchanged the site in Sorocaba, where he lived for many years, for São Paulo, where he currently lives to facilitate access to medical care and maintain comprehensive care. In an interview with O Globo, playwright Paula Barbosa’s granddaughter said he remains lucid, but “weak”, and does not think about resuming the work.

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“The HCor reports that playwright Benedito Ruy Barbosa was admitted to the hospital on May 20, 2025, due to the sharpness of a chronic renal failure. The patient is hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and has had clinical improvement and laboratory tests. At the moment, there is no forecast of discharge.”