[Síguenos ahora también en WhatsApp. Da clic aquí]

President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva undergoes surgery to drain an intracranial hemorrhage caused by a fall he suffered on Oct. 19, the medical center said Tuesday.

The operation went “without problems” and Lula is “fine” in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Sirio Livanes Hospital. in Sao Paulo, according to a bulletin published on the president’s social networks.

Brazilian progressive leader, 79 years old. On Monday evening he went to a medical center in Brasilia due to a “headache”.” and after an MRI, an “intracranial hemorrhage” was discovered.

The head of state then was urgently transferred to the city of Sao Paulo, where he underwent surgery to drain a hematoma found on his head.

“The operation went without problems, and at the moment “The President is fine and is under observation in the intensive care unit.”– they said at the medical center.

The hospital said it would hold a press conference with the doctors in charge on Tuesday morning to update Lula’s health card.

The bulletin states that bleeding a reflection of the fall he experienced on October 19 last year in the Alvorada Palace, the official residence of the Brazilian President in Brasilia, for which he had to get five stitches on the back of his neck.

Over the following weeks it underwent various changes without major problems, although Doctors prevented him from traveling by plane for some time as a precaution.

Actually, I had to cancel my trip to Russia at the end of October, to participate in the BRICS summit.

After discharge, He resumed his travels as usual.

Lula, who has been in power since January 1, 2023, is starting with a busy work schedule in November and early December, after beingHe hosts the G20 leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro. and a trip to Montevideo for the semi-annual meeting of MERCOSUR presidents.

(EFE)