Pele's health improving but no forecast for hospital discharge: Doctors

2022/12/12
Brazil supporters pose with signs for Pele prior to the Qatar 2022 quarter-final match between Croatia and Brazil at Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan on December 9, 2022. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)
Brazil supporters pose with signs for Pele prior to the Qatar 2022 quarter-final match between Croatia and Brazil at Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan on December 9, 2022. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)

Sao Paulo: The health of Brazilian football great Pele was improving but there was still no forecast for when he could be discharged from hospital after being admitted there late last month, according to a medical report released on Monday.

Pele, 82, has been battling colon cancer since September 2021 and was hospitalized on November 29 for doctors to reevaluate his treatment. He is also being treated for a respiratory infection diagnosed following his hospitalization.

"The patient continues to show improvement in the clinical status, in particular the respiratory infection. He remains in a regular room, is conscious and with stable vital signs," medical staff at Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital said.
 

Source: Reuters

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