Brazil great Pele not under palliative care, daughter says
One of the greatest footballers of all time, Pele had a tumour removed from his colon in September 2021 and has been receiving hospital care on a regular basis. Newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on Saturday that he was under palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results. Pele’s doctors have not confirmed that information and his daughter, Flavia Nascimento, said the report was wide of the mark. “It’s pretty unfair people saying that he is in terminal condition, that he is under palliative care. Believe us: that’s not it,” she said in an interview with Globo TV. Flavia said that from time to time they adjust medication as there was no complete remission of his colon cancer. The latest report from medical staff at Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital, released Saturday afternoon, said Pele was in stable condition and had also responded well to treatment for a respiratory infection diagnosed after his hospitalization. Another one of Pele’s daughters, Kely...