SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil soccer legend Pele, 80, is in a “stable” condition after “respiratory instability” early on Friday led to him being admitted to an intensive care unit, Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement. Concerns grew about Pele’s health on Friday after local media reported that he had returned to an ICU that he had only just left earlier this week as he recovers from a colon tumor removal. Pele has suffered from hip problems for years and cannot walk unaided. His public appearances were already being cut before the COVID-19 pandemic and since then he has made few unnecessary forays outside his house near Santos. (Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Gabriel Stargardter; Writing by Andrew Downie; Editing by Brad Haynes, Daniel Wallis and Grant McCool)

Source: MetroXpress September 17, 2021 18:33 UTC