Brazilian president in intensive care after emergency brain surgery [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Brazilian president in intensive care after emergency brain surgery

Hospital statement says Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had operation after brain bleed detected during scan

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Tue 10 Dec 2024 09.59 GMT
First published on Tue 10 Dec 2024 09.34 GMT

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is recovering in intensive care having undergone emergency surgery after a brain bleed was detected during an MRI scan.

A statement from the Sírio-Libanês hospital in São Paulo that was shared on Lula’s social networks early on Tuesday said the operation had taken place “without complications”. Brazil’s leftwing leader was under observation after the craniotomy and was “well”. According to the NHS, a craniotomy is a surgical intervention during which a neurosurgeon temporarily removes part of the skull to remove a haematoma. Such surgery is usually performed under a general anaesthetic.

The hospital attributed the intracranial haemorrhage to a domestic accident Lula suffered in October, when the 79-year-old fell while taking a shower in the Alvorada Palace, the official presidential residence in Brasília. That accident forced Lula to cancel a trip to a Brics summit in Russia and left him with several stitches.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/10/brazilian-president-lula-intensive-care-brain-surgery