Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, remains hospitalized at Albert Einstein, in São Paulo, where he was admitted on Tuesday (29), according to the hospital.
According to the medical bulletin released this Friday (2), Pelé, 82, responds adequately to a treatment with antibiotics, used to fight a respiratory infection.
The King of Football, scorer of more than 1,280 goals in his career and three times champion for the Brazilian national team (1958, 1962 and 1970), has been hospitalized since the discovery of colon cancer, more than a year ago.
Also according to the text – signed by Fábio Nasri (geriatrician and endocrinologist), Rene Gansl (oncologist) and Miguel Cendoroglo Neto (superintendent director), the former player arrived at the hospital to reassess the “chemotherapy therapy for the colon tumor”.
Read the full text of Einstein’s medical bulletin below.
“Sao Paulo, December 2, 2022.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento was admitted to Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein last Tuesday (29) for a reassessment of chemotherapy therapy for the colon tumor identified in September 2021.
The medical team diagnosed a respiratory infection, which has been treated with antibiotics. The response has been adequate and the patient, who remains in a common room, is stable, with a general improvement in his health.
The former player will remain hospitalized in the coming days for continued treatment.”
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