<p>Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was released from hospital Wednesday, two days after being rushed in for emergency treatment of a partially blocked intestine.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro, 66, spoke at a news conference with his medical team before leaving the Vila Nova Star hospital in Sao Paulo, saying he was ready to get back to work.</p>.<p>It is the latest in a series of health problems since the far-right leader was stabbed in the abdomen during the 2018 election campaign that brought him to power.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro's hospital stay came as he faces tough elections in nine months' time, with his approval rating at an all-time low.</p>.<p>The President, who was on a New Year's holiday at the beach when his abdominal pains started, was still in his vacation clothes as he addressed the media: the maroon jersey of Sao Paulo football club Juventus. But in a no-nonsense tone, he said he was ready to get down to the business of 2022, the last year of his four-year term.</p>.<p>"All my scheduled events will be maintained. I've got a trip to the northeast this month, to Rio de Janeiro, to Russia in February.... I'm going to continue as normal," he said.</p>.<p>"It's hard to sit around doing nothing. Life goes on," he added, saying he would "try to follow" his doctors' advice: a restricted diet and limited physical activity.</p>.<p>Doctors had initially said Bolsonaro could need an operation. But after placing him on a liquid diet and emptying his stomach through a nasogastric tube, they said Tuesday the blockage had been eliminated without surgery.</p>.<p>Lead surgeon Antonio Luiz Macedo said Bolsonaro was in "very good health" and "ready for work," though he added that future episodes of the same issue remain possible.</p>.<p>Doctors say Bolsonaro's stabbing and resulting surgeries have left him with abundant scar tissue in his abdomen, which can clog the intestines.</p>.<p>The President had last been hospitalised in July with the same problem, which gave him a case of persistent hiccups.</p>.<p>On that occasion, too, doctors placed him on a liquid diet and decided not to operate.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro will now be on a "special diet" for a week, with advice to eat slowly, chew his food thoroughly and go for walks but refrain from intense exercise, Macedo said. He said the culprit behind the crisis appeared to be a shrimp that Bolsonaro swallowed without chewing at Sunday lunch.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro has undergone at least four surgeries stemming from his stabbing at a campaign rally in September 2018, perpetrated by a man who claimed he was following God's orders. His attacker was ruled mentally unfit to stand trial -- though Bolsonaro and his inner circle have long alleged a left-wing plot.</p>.<p>"What I'm worried about now isn't my agenda, it's my security," Bolsonaro said before leaving the hospital.</p>.<p>"We know the left are aggressive, how they'll stop at nothing to eliminate their adversaries."</p>.<p>Bolsonaro regularly tears up when speaking about the knife attack, which nearly cost him his life.</p>.<p>Despite losing 40 per cent of his blood, he survived and went on to win the presidency that October, fueling supporters' die-hard faith in the man they call "Mito" -- "The Myth."</p>.<p>Bolsonaro's aura of invincibility has faded since then, however. His polarising style continues to rile up his far-right base, but he has lost crucial support among the political center and business sector.</p>.<p>Recent polls put Bolsonaro far behind his likely top opponent in the October elections, leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro faces widespread criticism over an economic recession, high inflation and unemployment, and his handling of Covid-19.</p>.<p>He has insistently downplayed the coronavirus and flouted expert advice on containing it, even as the pandemic has claimed nearly 620,000 lives in Brazil -- second only to the United States.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was released from hospital Wednesday, two days after being rushed in for emergency treatment of a partially blocked intestine.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro, 66, spoke at a news conference with his medical team before leaving the Vila Nova Star hospital in Sao Paulo, saying he was ready to get back to work.</p>.<p>It is the latest in a series of health problems since the far-right leader was stabbed in the abdomen during the 2018 election campaign that brought him to power.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro's hospital stay came as he faces tough elections in nine months' time, with his approval rating at an all-time low.</p>.<p>The President, who was on a New Year's holiday at the beach when his abdominal pains started, was still in his vacation clothes as he addressed the media: the maroon jersey of Sao Paulo football club Juventus. But in a no-nonsense tone, he said he was ready to get down to the business of 2022, the last year of his four-year term.</p>.<p>"All my scheduled events will be maintained. I've got a trip to the northeast this month, to Rio de Janeiro, to Russia in February.... I'm going to continue as normal," he said.</p>.<p>"It's hard to sit around doing nothing. Life goes on," he added, saying he would "try to follow" his doctors' advice: a restricted diet and limited physical activity.</p>.<p>Doctors had initially said Bolsonaro could need an operation. But after placing him on a liquid diet and emptying his stomach through a nasogastric tube, they said Tuesday the blockage had been eliminated without surgery.</p>.<p>Lead surgeon Antonio Luiz Macedo said Bolsonaro was in "very good health" and "ready for work," though he added that future episodes of the same issue remain possible.</p>.<p>Doctors say Bolsonaro's stabbing and resulting surgeries have left him with abundant scar tissue in his abdomen, which can clog the intestines.</p>.<p>The President had last been hospitalised in July with the same problem, which gave him a case of persistent hiccups.</p>.<p>On that occasion, too, doctors placed him on a liquid diet and decided not to operate.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro will now be on a "special diet" for a week, with advice to eat slowly, chew his food thoroughly and go for walks but refrain from intense exercise, Macedo said. He said the culprit behind the crisis appeared to be a shrimp that Bolsonaro swallowed without chewing at Sunday lunch.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro has undergone at least four surgeries stemming from his stabbing at a campaign rally in September 2018, perpetrated by a man who claimed he was following God's orders. His attacker was ruled mentally unfit to stand trial -- though Bolsonaro and his inner circle have long alleged a left-wing plot.</p>.<p>"What I'm worried about now isn't my agenda, it's my security," Bolsonaro said before leaving the hospital.</p>.<p>"We know the left are aggressive, how they'll stop at nothing to eliminate their adversaries."</p>.<p>Bolsonaro regularly tears up when speaking about the knife attack, which nearly cost him his life.</p>.<p>Despite losing 40 per cent of his blood, he survived and went on to win the presidency that October, fueling supporters' die-hard faith in the man they call "Mito" -- "The Myth."</p>.<p>Bolsonaro's aura of invincibility has faded since then, however. His polarising style continues to rile up his far-right base, but he has lost crucial support among the political center and business sector.</p>.<p>Recent polls put Bolsonaro far behind his likely top opponent in the October elections, leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro faces widespread criticism over an economic recession, high inflation and unemployment, and his handling of Covid-19.</p>.<p>He has insistently downplayed the coronavirus and flouted expert advice on containing it, even as the pandemic has claimed nearly 620,000 lives in Brazil -- second only to the United States.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>