Brazil’s football legend Pele taken to hospital over heart failure and swelling

Pele has suffered from heart failure and swelling and was taken to the hospital. The Brazillian football legend has won the World Cup three times and turned 82 in October. He has been in and out of the hospital for over a year. Doctors are concern...

By ET Spotlight Special | Dec 01, 2022, 02.59 AM IST

In October, Brazillian legend Pele turned 82 and was taken to the hospital following heart failure and swelling. He has been in and out of the hospital in the last year and had a colon tumour removed last year in September. On Tuesday, his wife, Marcia, took him to Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital. Pele got significant swelling throughout his body and heart failure. Doctors are concerned as Pele has not been responding to chemotherapy. Pele suffered mental confusion, and doctors gave him hepatic encephalopathy tests, which liver failure causes. One of his daughters, Kely Nascimento, took to Instagram and talked about her dad's condition. She wrote how her dad is in hospital and under medication.

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FAQs:

What happened to Pele?
Pele suffered from heart failure and swelling and was taken to the hospital.
What did Kely Nascimento do after her dad's hospitalization?
One of his daughters, Kely Nascimento, took to Instagram and talked about her dad's condition. She wrote how her dad is in hospital and under medication.
What is Pele's current condition?
Pele got major swelling throughout his body and heart failure. Doctors are concerned as Pele has not been responding to chemotherapy. Pele suffered mental confusion, and doctors gave him hepatic encephalopathy tests, which liver failure causes.
Why is Pele in the news?
In October, the Brazillian legend Pele turned 82 and was taken to the hospital following heart failure and swelling.

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