Former Brazilian football player Edson Arantes do Nascimento Pelehospitalized since last Tuesday, ‘treating for a respiratory infection’according to a medical journal published this Friday.

Pele presents a “overall improvement According to the news of the Albert Einstein Israel Hospital in Sao Paulo, he is in good health in response to the antibiotics given by his doctors. The 82-year-old former actor was hospitalized in a room on the ground floor. no discharge estimate and he will continue to stay in the hospital in the coming days to continue his treatment.

The three-time world champion was hospitalized for a while last Tuesday. Evaluate a change in treatment versus follow-up. Colon cancerIt was detected in September 2021. Since undergoing cancer surgery, he has gone through a series of chemotherapy sessions that have resulted in him being hospitalized several times to closely monitor his progress.

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this Pele’s health deteriorated in recent years also due to other reasons such as spinal cord, hip and knee problems which reduced his mobility and forced him to undergo surgery as well as having suffered a kidney attack. This has greatly reduced his public appearance, despite remaining very active on social networks.