Weeks of tension those around the champion Pelé, hospitalized for a severe respiratory infection.
In the early hours there was talk of intensive therapy, but then came one denial directly from the daughters of the same.
He's not in intensive care, he's in a normal room, so he's not at risk, he's being treated
Flavia Arantes
What happened and what is sick with
Pelé, Edson Arantes do Nascimiento at the registry office, he was admitted on November 29 for a severe lung infection following the contagion from Covid. The sample is under chemotherapy for some time and this places him, inevitably, among the fragile.
Properly vaccinated covid, he had gone to the hospital to reevaluate the cancer chemotherapy he has been doing for some time, depending on the contagion and his response to it, when the lung infection was found to be currently under control.
The daughter denied that she was in danger of dying
Despite what was originally feared by the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper, according to which the chemotherapy was not having an effect and that, therefore, palliative care had been opted for.
She is the second daughter to deny it with a special statement to deny the newspaper.
Pele's death
Unfortunately, at 20 pm on December 29, 2022, the unexpected news arrived: Pelé has passed away.
