Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé, 82, “presents a progression of the oncological disease and requires greater care related to renal and cardiac dysfunctions,” explained the Albert Einstein Hospital, shortly after the former soccer player’s family reported that he would spend Christmas at the medical center.
“The patient remains hospitalized in a common room, under the necessary care of the medical team,” the hospital added.
Pelé was admitted on November 29 for a reassessment of his chemotherapy treatment against colon cancer detected last year, and to treat a respiratory infection derived from a recent covid infection, according to doctors and his family.
In the previous bulletin, dated December 12, the medical team had reported that Pelé showed “an improvement in his clinical condition, especially his respiratory infection,” but that he continued without a planned discharge.