Three three-time FIFA World Cup winner and Brazilian football great, Pele has been discharged from hospital following a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI).
Doctors, who were treating the soccer legend for colon cancer, discovered the urinary infection in the process but a statement from the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo said he was discharged on Saturday,
According to the statement released on Monday, Pele was admitted to the hospital on February 13, 2022, for treatment of a colon tumour and medics discovered a UTI eight days after he was brought in for admission.
The statement, which disclosed that the issue has been resolved, said; “The patient’s clinical conditions are stable and he is cured of his infection. He will continue his treatment for the colon tumour, identified in September 2021.”
The 81-year-old was previously re-admitted to the hospital for treatment on his tumour on Dec. 8, before being discharged on December 23, 2021.
A three-time FIFA World Cup winner, Pele is one of only four players to score in four different World Cups. Also, he remains Brazil’s all-time leading goalscorer with 77 goals in 92 games, seven goals ahead of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) star Neymar (70).
