Hospital Says Benedito Ruy Barbosa, 94, Improving After Urinary Infection, Possible Discharge This Week

Overview

• He has been hospitalized at HCor in São Paulo since January 3 for a urinary infection.
• The hospital reports good clinical evolution and a response to antibiotics, with discharge expected after therapy concludes near the end of the week.
• Doctors Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti and Cyrilo Emilio Zuccon note the infection is being treated against a background of chronic renal insufficiency.
• Ruy Mauricio Barbosa said on X that his father did not attend or vote in the club council meeting and called the circulated list of voters fake.
• The 94-year-old is a landmark telenovela writer known for Pantanal, Renascer, O Rei do Gado and Terra Nostra, with prior 2025 hospitalizations related to kidney issues and a move to São Paulo for family care.