(12 Dec 2024)
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São Paulo, Brazil – 12 December 2024
1. Various exteriors of Sírio-Libanês hospital
2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Rogério Tuma, doctor, part of Lula’s medical team:
"The president’s status is normal. His neurological exams are normal. He is very well and able to perform any act of civil life. He is cognitively intact. The only medical recommendation is that he does not exert himself either physically or mentally. So, the request is that he does not work while he is in the hospital and does not experience any stress or receive visitors that cause him any stress or anxiety.”
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Roberto Kalil, doctor, part of Lula da Silva’s medical team:
"There was no bleeding between the two procedures. Drainage was performed successfully and this other procedure was to prevent and minimize the risk of further bleeding. There was nothing else. The only reason the procedure was not pre-scheduled was because we were waiting for the patient’s evolution.”
5. Various of hospital exteriors, media in front of building
STORYLINE:
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had a second procedure Thursday morning to stop a brain bleed, his doctors said.
The 79-year-old Lula had surgery at the hospital Tuesday for a kind of slow bleeding that resulted from a fall at home in October.
Thursday’s procedure was to plug an artery that continued to leak blood onto the surface of the brain, according to his doctors at the Sirio-Libanes hospital.
""The president’s status is normal. His neurological exams are normal. He is very well and able to perform any act of civil life," Rogério Tuma, one of the doctors on Lula’s medical team, said during an update on the president’s procedure.
"He is cognitively intact. The only medical recommendation is that he does not exert himself either physically or mentally," Tuma added.
The medical team said the president was awake and fine and was expected to leave the hospital and return to Brasilia at the beginning of next week.
He will then be able to resume his activities slowly, they said.
Lula cancelled a trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after the accident, his office said at the time. It left him with a visible cut on the back of his head, slightly above his neck.
Doctors have said in recent days that the president’s health is good, but many Brazilians remain concerned about Lula, with some gathering near the hospital to show their support.
Local media reported that some politicians have expressed concerns about the future of his coalition in the 2026 presidential election.
Lula, who will turn 80 during the next election, has said he would seek reelection if needed, but would consider his health before deciding whether to run.
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