“The president grew well, he came from surgery almost awake, the tubes were removed and now he is stable, talking normally, eating. He should be under observation in the coming days”, assured the doctor Roberto Kalil to journalists.
“He will remain in the ICU (intensive care unit) for another 48 hours for observation. As I said, he is fine, eating, conscious, he is normal. It’s more of a precaution,” he said.
The neurosurgeon Marcos Stavale, in turn, said that the president will be hospitalized in the coming days, but that after you can live your life normally. “You won’t have to have CT scans every week”, he explained.
The surgery lasted about two hours.According to Stavale, the bleeding was between the brain and the meninges, under the dura mater membrane. The region was drained ”and the brain is decompressed and neurological functions are preserved”, he said.
The Presidency of Brazil announced this morning that it was vice president Geraldo Alckmin will take over from Lula da Silva while recovering from surgery.
A headache led to a trip to the hospital
“The MRI showed an intracranial hemorrhage,as a result of the domestic accident suffered on October 19”the hospital informed this morning. A result that decided the transfer of the president of Brazil to São Paulo.
“At the moment, the president is well, under monitoring”, said the hospital.
A source from the presidential office, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said that Lula complained of a worsening headache on Monday night, during talks with Congress leaders. The president will finish the meeting to go to the hospital in Brasília.
A “serious” fall in october
the leader of Brazil fell at home at the end of Octoberafter suffering a small cerebral hemorrhage and a head injury that required stitches.
After the accident, Lula described the episode as serious. “I’m fine, I had an accident, but it was my fault. It was serious, but it did not involve a sensitive area,” Lula said then.
“I am taking care of myself as everything about me is very strong (…). The doctors said I had to wait at least three or four days to find out what the blow had done.“, he explained.
Examinations carried out at the beginning of November showed that his condition was stable and that the president of Brazil remained active. He recently traveled to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, to discuss a trade agreement with Mercosur members.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa sent a message of wishes for a speedy recovery to the Presidency of the Republic of brazil. “The President of the Republic expressed his wishes to the Presidency of Brazil for the speedy recovery of President Lula da Silva and full restoration”, says a note from the Palace of Belém.