Football legend Pele moved to ‘end of life care’ in hospital

Football legend Pele has been moved to ‘palliative care’  or ‘end of life care’ in hospital after he stopped responding to remedy, in line with a report by the Brazilian every day Folha de Sao Paulo. The three-time world cup winner was moved to hospital on Tuesday amid his battle in opposition to most cancers with swelling throughout his physique and coronary heart circumstances.

After the hospitalisation at Albert Einstein Hospital Pele’s household had stated that there was no explanation for fear and his daughter Kely Nascimento had stated that there was no emergency. Pele himself had stated that it was his common month-to-month well being checkup, as a part of his ongoing remedy after he was recognized with most cancers in 2021.

In September 2021, tumour was faraway from the colon of the 82-year-old former footballer and since then he’s present process common remedy. Subsequently, metastases within the gut, lung and liver have been additionally recognized.

But as we speak Folha de Sao Paulo reported that the Brazilian legend has stopped responding to chemotherapy, and he has been moved to palliative care. This means the chemotherapy and different invasive procedures have been suspended, and now he’s being supplied with consolation measures to alleviate ache. Palliative care is given to sufferers with progressive and probably life-threatening illnesses or circumstances.

Pele was admitted to the hospital with generalized swelling, generalized edema and decompensated coronary heart failure. On Friday, the hospital launched an announcement saying that the legend has been recognized with a respiratory an infection.

Pele has been energetic on social media, and following the World Cup in Qatar. He has been posting messages and pictures on Instagram.

His final Instagram publish was posted yesterday, the place he stated that he was within the hospital for a month-to-month go to. He thanked Qatar for lighting up a constructing along with his picture and a ‘get well soon’ message and posted {a photograph} of the identical.