Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to undergo a surgical procedure to treat a hernia on Thursday, APA reports citing Reuters.
Moraes last week had allowed Bolsonaro to leave prison - where he is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup - for the procedure, but a date had not been set.
The former president's lawyers asked earlier on Tuesday that he be admitted to the DF Star hospital in Brasilia for tests on Wednesday and undergo surgery the next day.