Goiás Deputy Antônio Gomide to Undergo Preventive Spine Surgery After BR-060 Rollover

Overview

• The single-vehicle crash occurred on January 5 in Alexânia on the BR-060 when the car left the road and rolled over, according to Triunfo Concebra.
• First responders from the concessionaire provided initial care at the scene before the deputy was taken to the Hospital Estadual de Anápolis Dr. Henrique Santillo (Heana).
• Exams at Heana ruled out acute cervical injury and confirmed a thoracic spine fracture at the T5 vertebra.
• Gomide was transferred to the Hospital Estadual de Urgências Governador Otávio Lage de Siqueira (Hugol) in Goiânia, with surgery scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, January 7.
• Medical updates report he is stable, conscious, and oriented; he serves as a PT state deputy and is a former mayor of Anápolis.