Jair Bolsonaro underwent a second “phrenic nerve block procedure” on Monday to treat persistent hiccups. The treatment went well and the former Brazilian president’s condition is stable, according to his medical team. The far-right politician, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, has been in hospital since Christmas Eve after being granted judicial permission to leave prison to undergo hernia repair surgery. That operation was successful, but because the bout of hiccups has persisted for months, Bolsonaro underwent a non-surgical, minimally invasive procedure on Saturday to block the phrenic nerve
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