Brazil's Lula recovering in ICU after undergoing surgery to drain head hemorrhage, hospital says

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is conscious and recovering in an intensive-care unit after undergoing unplanned surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage, doctors from the Sirio-Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo said on Tuesday.

The procedure was performed after the 79-year-old leftist leader suffered complications resulting from a fall at home in October, doctors said.

“He is in a stable condition, talking normally and eating. He will remain under observation for the next few days,” Dr. Roberto Kalil told a press conference.

There will be no after effects, doctors said, adding that Lula expected to return to the capital Brasilia at the beginning of next week. In the meantime, he will not be working, they said.

In the early hours of Tuesday, Lula travelled from Brasilia to be treated 1,000 kilometers south (620 miles) in Sao Paulo.

Rosângela da Silva - Brazil’s first lady also known as Janja - travelled with Lula to Sao Paulo and is by his side, doctors said, adding that he had had no other visitors.

Lula canceled a trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after the accident, his office said at the time. It left him with a cut visible on the back of his head, slightly above his neck.

The main entrance of the Sirio-Libanes hospital where Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is receiving medical treatment in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

The back of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's head shows stitches resulting from a fall, during an event at Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Physician Roberto Kalil from the Sirio-Libanes Hospital gives a news conference about the health of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who is receiving treatment in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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