MC Marcinho, 45, will remain hospitalized for the next few months pending a heart transplant. He is still intubated after receiving an artificial heart yesterday (13) and his clinical condition is stable. The information has been confirmed syringes by the singer’s team.
What happened?
According to doctors at the Hospital Copa D’Or, the funk singer received an artificial heart in a successful operation. “Right now he is stable and recovering,” the medical statement from the Rio South Zone hospital said.
MC Marcinho, who has been hospitalized since June 27, suffered cardiac arrest on Monday (10) and had to be intubated in intensive care. According to the hospital, the artist’s condition is serious and required sedation, mechanical ventilation and hemodialysis.
What is the function of the artificial heart? A mechanical support was attached to assist the Funkeiros’ heart in pumping blood. The method is used temporarily while the patient is waiting for a heart transplant.
health problems
Marcinho put in a pacemakera device that monitors and regulates the heartbeat, in 2021.
Before the procedure, he felt ill and was admitted to the intensive care unit.. At the beginning of 2021 he was in the hospital for more than a week with a severe bone infection.
In March 2023, the owner of the hit “Glamorosa” said that he had to undergo heart surgery and was very weak. “I had to be absent from the shows. I feel sorry for the contractors and the audience, but I’m very weak, I can’t even walk straight, to get from the living room to the bedroom, I need someone to help me,” the funk artist explained in a video posted on Instagram.
The musician also had difficulties with health insurance at the time and asked for help on social networks. “I have to have heart surgery, we’ve been on the health plan for over 10 days and so far nothing,” he continued, asking for help. He gained approval for the trial after the public appeal.