President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to leave intensive care at Hospital Sírio Libanês on Friday, after undergoing this Thursday a complementary procedure to a previously performed surgery to drain a hematoma in his skull, said the doctors responsible for his health. Squid.

According to the latest medical bulletin, he had the drain removed from his head and remains in the ICU recovering from the procedures he underwent to treat intracranial bleeding.

According to the note, the PT member is “lucid and oriented, talking normally, ate well and received visits from family.” The note is signed by the director of Clinical Governance at the Luiz Francisco Cardoso hospital, and by the clinical director Álvaro Sarkis.

Lula has been hospitalized since Monday (9), when he went to the Brasília unit at Sírio-Libanês with headaches. Bleeding in the head was detected and, hours later, the PT member was in the São Paulo unit of the same hospital, which is better equipped.

The president underwent surgery in the early hours of Tuesday (10), to remove the accumulated blood, which could compress the brain. The PT member had the drain installed after this operation. The device, recently removed, was used to drain any secretions.

This Thursday morning, Lula underwent artery embolization to prevent further bleeding. The head of government also underwent exams in the afternoon. The expectation is that he will return to Brasília next week.

(With Reuters)