SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazil captain Socrates is in intensive care and on a ventilator after being hospitalized with internal bleeding.
Doctors at the Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement Tuesday that they had controlled the bleeding in his stomach.
The 57-year-old Socrates was released from the hospital 10 days ago after being treated for more than a week for the same problem.
The hospital said the hemorrhage was caused by high blood pressure in the vein that carries blood from the digestive system to the liver.
