Football great, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele has been moved to ‘end-of-life care’ ward in the hospital, known as palliative care after reports that his body is no longer responding to chemotherapy in the fight against bowel cancer.
The 82-year-old legend went into hospital last week to relieve pain at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo.
He was then admitted to the hospital last Tuesday after suffering from ‘general swelling’ and ‘heart failure.’
Earlier in the week, the football icon was reported to be in a ‘stable’ condition in the hospital but his daughter Kely continued to raise alarm.
However, a report by Folha de Sao Paulo on Saturday, said “Pele is not responding any longer to the chemotherapy treatment he has been undergoing since last September to treat his bowel cancer”.
Palliative care is for patients with potentially life-threatening diseases or conditions.
His former club Santos, Brazilian ex-player Rivaldo and the France international forward Kylian Mbappe have been tweeting good wishes, joining fans around the world.
During his active days, he won three World Cups with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and scored 643 goals in 659 official matches for the Brazilian club Santos. He scored 77 times in 92 games for his country’s national team.
