Brazilian great Pele discharged from hospital in time for Christmas, will continue tumour treatment

Brazilian great Pele discharged from hospital in time for Christmas, will continue tumour treatment

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Friday, December 24, 2021, 09:59 AM IST
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Brazilian football great Pele was discharged from a Sao Paulo hospital but will continue being treated for a colon tumour.

The smiling photo is not for nothing. As I promised you, I will spend Christmas with my family. I’m coming back home. Thanks for all the kind messages."

—Pele

“Edson Arantes do Nascimento was discharged from the Israelita Albert Einstein on Thursday,” the hospital said in a statement.

“The patient remains stable and will continue having treatment on the colon tumor that was identified in September.”

Pele, 81, was hospitalised at the start of December for sessions of chemotherapy.

He was also previously hospitalised for almost a month after having surgery to remove the tumour.

Later on Thursday, Pelé posted a picture on social media from his younger days and said, “the smiling photo is not for nothing. As I promised you, I will spend Christmas with my family. I’m coming back home. Thanks for all the kind messages.”

Pele helped Brazil win the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups and is his country’s all-time leading scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches.

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