Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro says he is likely to be transferred to a hospital where he could undergo surgery after being hospitalized for experiencing severe abdominal pain.

Doctors say former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains hospitalized with abdominal pain and is expected to be transferred by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro may undergo a new surgery, which would be his fifth since being stabbed while campaigning in 2018, after feeling strong abdominal pain during an event with supporters in northeastern Brazil,