Disease progresses, and Pele needs heart and kidney care, says hospital

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A new medical bulletin released this Wednesday (21) by the Albert Einstein Hospital, in São Paulo, pointed out that the health condition of Pelé, 82, who has been hospitalized since November 29, has deteriorated. According to the text, the former player needs care related to kidney and heart dysfunction.

“Admitted since November 29 for a reassessment of chemotherapy therapy for colon tumor and treatment of a respiratory infection, Edson Arantes do Nascimento presents progression of the oncological disease and requires greater care related to renal and cardiac dysfunctions”, says the bulletin, signed by the doctors Fábio Nasri, Rene Gansl and Miguel Cendoroglo Neto.

The statement, however, did not mention the condition of respiratory infection, which was the main focus of action by doctors until the last bulletin released, on the 12th.

Last year, the star underwent surgery for colon cancer. In early 2022, metastases were identified in the intestine, lung and liver.

As shown to Sheet on December 2, the former athlete stopped responding to chemotherapy and started receiving palliative care.

On the occasion, Pelé’s daughters reacted by trying to reassure the fans.

“I don’t like to say that the cancer treatment isn’t working. It already did, it’s working. Just him being here, breathing, it’s already working super well”, said Flávia Cristina, 53, to TV Globo. “He’s sick, he’s old, and he’s hospitalized because of a lung infection. When he gets better, he’ll go home again,” added Kely Cristina, 54.

Kely arrived in Brazil on the 12th and went to visit her father. In her official Instagram profile, she shared a photo holding the former player’s hand, and in another record, she showed that she was working from the hospital room. “Gratitude for coffee and for remote work,” she wrote in the Story caption.

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