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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, December 14, 2024, p. 17
São Paulo., The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, appeared yesterday walking and smiling in a video published by the presidency, and on social networks declared to be firm and strong three days after undergoing emergency surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage.
They are the first public images of Lula, 79, since Monday, when doctors detected a hemorrhage near the brain, resulting from a blow to the head he suffered almost two months ago, and transferred him to the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he is still hospitalized.
The president underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to prevent the hematoma from compressing the brain; Two days later he underwent a new intervention to minimize the risk of bleeding. His medical team says he is recovering well. I ask that you stay calm. I am firm and strong!the ruler wrote in the message that accompanies the video, in which he thanks for every prayer and word of comfort received.
He also said that soon, I will be ready to return home and continue working.
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In the video, the president is seen with a bandage on his head, dressed in blue exercise clothes and sports shoes, talking and laughing with neurosurgeon Marcos Stavale.
Lula He is neurologically perfect, he is in excellent conditionStavale declared at a press conference on Thursday.
The ruler’s wife, Rosangela Janja da Silva, very active in presidential communications, published on Instagram two photos of her partner with her, both smiling in the hospital room.
A source from the Brazilian presidency explained that the medical surveillance of the president, who was in intensive care since the surgery, becomes an interval review and no longer under permanent control.
Meanwhile, Rui Costa, chief of staff, reported that he had a telephone conversation with the president to discuss government matters, which demonstrates his stable state of mind.
Lula is expected to leave the São Paulo hospital on Monday or Tuesday of next week and return to Brasilia; once in the capital, you will need relative rest for a few weeksaccording to doctors.