Brazil’s Lula to bear new surgical procedure to reduce additional mind bleeding

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will bear a brand new process on Thursday morning to enrich the surgical procedure he went via this week to empty a bleed on his mind, the hospital stated on Wednesday in a medical replace that careworn he was doing nicely.

Medical doctors operated on the leftist chief for about two hours on Tuesday to empty bleeding between his mind and meningeal membrane, which docs stated was linked to a late October fall at his residence.

Thursday’s endovascular process will assist decrease the danger of future bleeding, his private physician, Roberto Kalil Filho, instructed reporters on Wednesday.

Medical doctors will maintain a press convention following Thursday’s surgical procedure, the hospital stated.

Kalil stated the process – a center meningeal artery embolization – is “comparatively easy” and “low danger,” including it ought to take roughly one hour.

The follow-up process had been mentioned by docs since Tuesday’s surgical procedure, and doesn’t characterize a worsening of Lula’s well being state of affairs, in keeping with Kalil.

“We waited to see that the president was recovering nicely earlier than deciding to go forward with the process,” he stated.

Sao Paulo’s Sirio-Libanes Hospital stated in its replace be aware that the 79-year-old president was in intensive care however had no problems throughout the day, when he walked, obtained visits from relations and did physiotherapy.

The emergency surgical procedure added to well being issues concerning the aged president, an icon of the Latin American left who’s midway via his newest time period after beforehand serving within the position from 2003 to 2011.

Earlier within the day, a earlier medical be aware stated Lula was lucid and speaking following the in a single day hospital keep and had skilled no post-surgery problems.