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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian president in intensive care after emergency brain surgery

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaking into a microphone
The hospital attributed the intracranial haemorrhage to a fall Lula had while taking a shower in October. Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is recovering in intensive care having undergone emergency surgery after a brain bleed was detected during an MRI scan.

At about 9.20am local time (1220 GMT) the medical team at Sírio-Libanês hospital in São Paulo held a press conference to announce that surgery to drain a haematoma caused by bleeding in the president’s brain had been successful.

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