The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvais admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in the city of Sao Paulo after undergoing a craniotomy to drain a subdural hematoma, possibly linked to a fall suffered on October 19 at his home, according to a statement published by the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital.
The medical center details that the president entered the hospital headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, on Monday night to “undergo an examination after having a headache” and added that “the MRI showed an intracranial hemorrhage due to the accident.” domestic violence suffered on October 19″.
“He was transferred to the unit in Sao Paulo of the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, where he underwent a craniotomy to drain the hematoma,” he stressed, before stating that “the surgery took place without complications”. “At this time, “The president is fine and is being monitored in the ICU.”he added.
In this sense, he has stated that in the next few hours he will publish a new medical report with an update on the president’s condition and has announced that a press conference will be held early this Tuesday (local time), according to the statement published through Lula da Silva’s account on the social network X.
The fall suffered on October 19 already caused the Brazilian president to cancel his trip to Russia to participate in the BRICS+ summit, because his medical team recommended that he not make long-distance trips after suffering a “blunt injury to the head.” occipital region”.
Lula da Silva hit his head in the bathtub of the official residence and, although he did not lose consciousness, he required five stitches in the back, as detailed by his personal doctor, Roberto Kalil Filho, who also said that “a small amount of bleeding in the front of the skull” had been identified, something common in this type of injury.
Subsequently, the president led the events at the G20 leader’s summit held in mid-November in Rio de Janeiro, which he opened with a speech in which he focused on the fight against hunger, the climate crisis and criticizing investment in wars to the detriment of issues that affect the most vulnerable populations.
