News about his health from the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo is not optimistic. Pele.

According to a medical report published tonight (21/12), the Brazilian football legend’s cancer is progressing and he needs treatment due to kidney and heart dysfunction.

Pele, 82, has been battling colon cancer since September 2021. On November 29, he was admitted to the hospital for doctors to check his treatment.

Post by his daughter

According to his daughter’s Instagram post, the “black diamond” will be spending Christmas in the hospital.

“Plans for Christmas at home have been cancelled. We decided together with the doctors that for various reasons it would be better for us to stay here, with all the care that this new family of the Albert Einstein hospital gives us, ”he said at the beginning and added:

“We, as always, thank you for all the love and affection you bring to us from Brazil and from all over the world! Your love for him and your prayers are a great comfort because we know we are not alone.”

According to a medical report from the hospital, Pele “has been hospitalized since November 29 for a re-evaluation of chemotherapy for a colon tumor and treatment of a respiratory infection, while his cancer progresses and he needs more care due to his kidneys and heart.” dysfunction. The patient is still in the hospital in a general ward under the necessary care of the medical team.”