Brazil's top court denies Bolsonaro's request to go to hospital after fall

Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to immediately leave prison for tests in a hospital in Brasilia after falling and hitting his head, the court decision showed.



The 70-year-old right-wing leader fell while sleeping and hit his head on a piece of furniture, his wife Michelle Bolsonaro wrote on Instagram earlier in the day.

Brazil's federal police said in a statement that Bolsonaro received initial medical treatment on Tuesday morning, adding that a federal police doctor "found minor injuries" and saw no need for hospitalization.



"Any referral to a hospital depends on authorization from the Supreme Court," it added. Citing the police report, Moraes said in his decision that there is no need for Bolsonaro to be immediately taken to hospital.