Latest operation on Brazil’s Lula a ‘success’, doctor says
The ‘low risk’ procedure is meant to minimise the risk of future bleeding under the president’s skull after he hurt his head in a fall
An operation on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday to lower a bleeding risk following emergency intracranial surgery was a “success”, his doctor said.
“The operation was a success” and “the president is awake and speaking,” Dr Roberto Kalil told journalists outside the Hospital Sirio-Libanes in Sao Paulo, where Lula, 79, is being treated.
The president “should leave intensive care” on Friday, Kalil said.
On Wednesday, the facility said Lula “carried out physiotherapy, walked and received family visits”.
Doctors performed emergency surgery on Lula on Tuesday to relieve pressure on his brain from bleeding in cranial membranes linked to a fall he had in October, in a bathroom at the presidential residence.
