World in brief: December 10, 2024
BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva is recovering in an intensive-care unit after undergoing surgery for an intracranial haemorrhage, the Sirio-Libanes hospital said in a statement today.
The procedure was performed after the president felt headaches doctors believed resulted from a fall at home in October.
The hospital said Lula is “well, under monitoring in an ICU bed” after the bleeding was drained.
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