Lula remains “lucid and oriented” and will undergo blood tests this Saturday

(Reuters) – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains “lucid and oriented” and “under semi-intensive care”, according to a medical report released this Saturday by the Sírio-Libanês Hospital, where Lula has been admitted since the beginning of the week, when he underwent surgery to drain a hematoma in the skull.

Lula, 79 years old, “remains lucid and oriented, eating and walking”, states the bulletin, which also informs that the president will undergo blood tests this Saturday, with no new imaging exam schedule. “

The president also remains under the supervision of the team led by doctors Roberto Kalil Filho and Ana Helena Germoglio.

Lula underwent emergency surgery in the early hours of Tuesday to drain a bruise on his skull, the result of a domestic accident in October, when he fell in the bathroom of the Palácio da Alvorada and hit his head.

On Thursday, the president underwent a complementary procedure to the surgery to prevent new bleeding from appearing at the site. According to the medical team taking care of the president, after the procedure, the chance of Lula having another bleed in his skull is “statistically negligible”.

Lula was transferred from the Sírio-Libanês unit in Brasília to São Paulo on Monday night, after being admitted to the hospital in the federal capital with a headache and imaging tests showing a hematoma between the brain and the meningeal membrane. .