Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in “stable” condition after undergoing emergency surgery for an intracranial haemorrhage, his doctors have said.
Lula, 79, was rushed overnight on Tuesday to the Hospital Sirio-Libanes in Sao Paulo after experiencing headaches that the president’s medical team found were related to a fall he suffered in October.
“He is in a stable condition, talking normally and eating. He will remain under observation for the next few days,” Dr Roberto Kalil said during a news conference.
Presidential spokesperson Paulo Pimenta also said in a radio interview that Lula would likely remain in the intensive care unit for another 48 hours, with contact limited to his doctors.
“He is stable, conscious and calm,” Pimenta said.
Lula, who was sworn in as president in early 2023, has curtailed travel in recent months after he suffered trauma to the back of his head when he fell at home in late October.
The left-wing president hit his head after falling in a bathroom at the presidential residence in the capital Brasilia and received several stitches.
Lula described the incident as “serious” at the time, but said in a telephone call with an official from his Workers’ Party that was shared on social media that he was “fine”.
“I had an accident, but it was my fault. It was serious but it did not affect any sensitive area,” Lula said in the call.
Credit: aljazeera.com
