Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in the intensive care unit (ICU) after undergoing brain surgery, local press reported. The procedure was conducted "without problems" and Lula is "fine," the president's office said in a social media post.
The reason for the surgery was a complication from a heavy fall he took in mid October. Lula, 79, went to a hospital in Brasilia due to a "headache" that turned out to be internal bleeding in his brain. He was promptly taken to the Syrian-Lebanese hospital in Sao Paulo to undergo surgery, where the blood was drained.
