Lula's medical intervention after brain hemorrhage in Brazil

Von WOM

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will go through an additional medical procedure on Thursday due to his treatment plan. This happens after the emergency operation he had on Tuesday to derive bleeding in the brain.

Details on medical treatment

Doctors of the Sírio-Libanês hospital in São Paulo will carry out an endovascular procedure on Thursday morning. This was announced in a message from the hospital, which on Wednesday of cnn brasil was published. Dr. Roberto Kalil, the president's doctor, told Reuters that this procedure was regarded as a "supplement" for the operation on Tuesday

Information from Dr. Kalil

"" It is a catheter treatment that aims at the meningen artery. The reason is that after the drainage of a hematoma, the small arteries in the meninges could possibly cause slight bleeding in the future, "said Kalil.

stable state of health

In earlier comments after the operation, Kalil had emphasized that it was “important to mention that (Lula) did not suffer any brain damage. The hematoma, the bleeding, was not in the brain; it was outside the brain and was completely derived.” The 79-year-old Lula is currently in the intensive care unit of the hospital and has spent the "day well, without complications. He completed physiotherapy, went for a walk and received visits to family members," the hospital said. In addition, the president remains with the constant observation of the medical team.

health monitoring and previous incidents

lula was operated on on Monday because brain hemorrhage was found in connection with a fall in October. This emergency surgery has strengthened the health concerns about the aging president, who is considered a symbolic figure of the Latin American left and is located in the middle of his third non-at times. In the past few months, Lula Reisen has restricted, while the doctors monitored his recovery from a trauma on the back of the head, which was caused by a fall in his home at the end of October and required a seam.

before emergency operation

Before the emergency surgery, Lula complained about increasing headaches during a congress event in the capital Brasília on Monday evening and was brought to a local hospital for an examination, as Presidential spokesman Paulo Pimenta announced in a radio interview. An MRI examination resulted in an intracranial bleeding, whereupon Lula was flown to São Paulo for the operation at short notice, according to a medical communication from the government.