Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is recovering in intensive care after having emergency surgery to drain blood from his brain, a medical note published by the country’s government said.
The leftist politician, known as Lula, had reduced travel in recent months while doctors monitored his recovery from a trauma he suffered to the back of his head after falling at his home in late October.
Mr da Silva was taken to hospital yesterday after he ended a meeting with congressional leaders due to a worsening headache, a source in the presidential office told Reuters.
The 79-year-old had an MRI scan at a hospital in the capital Brasilia.
He was transferred to Sao Paulo, around 620 miles away, overnight for surgery.
The Brazilian president is now recovering “well, under monitoring in an ICU bed”, the hospital said.
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