Brazil legend Pele discharged from hospital following treatment on colon tumour

Brazilian football icon and three-time World Cup winner Pele has been released from hospital after receiving treatment for a urinary tract infection and a colon tumour. The 81-year-old had been at Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein since February 13. 

Pele was initially admitted to hospital for treatment on a colon tumour, which was picked up via routine tests in September. 

However, eight days into his stay, doctors detected a urinary tract infection which prolonged his period of hospitalisation. 

The hospital claim that the Brazilian national hero is now in a ‘stable clinical condition’. 

Pele had prostate surgery in 2015, and has been hospitalised numerous times since, including just before Christmas for further treatment on the tumour. 

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