The medical team treating President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) released him so he could travel by plane again, according to the new bulletin released this Sunday morning (10).
Lula underwent new imaging tests to reassess the damage caused by the domestic accident he suffered in mid-October at Palácio da Alvorada. He lost his balance while cutting his nails and hit his head on the floor.
“President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was today, 11/10/24, at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital, Brasília unit, to repeat the imaging evaluation. He remains symptom-free, and the exam showed improvement in relation to the previous ones, and he should continue his usual activities, with permission to travel by air”, says the bulletin.
Lula was banned from traveling by plane due to two brain injuries, which could be affected by air pressurization. Because of this, he canceled his presence at events such as the Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, at the end of last month; COP-16 in Colombia at the beginning of November, and COP-29 in Azerbaijan, starting this Monday (11).
He also failed to vote in the second round of municipal elections in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), on October 27th, and only fulfilled agendas in Brasília.
Last week, Lula detailed how the accident resulted in him needing five stitches in the back of his head and taking extra care in the following days. He spent that week shipping from Palácio da Alvorada.
“I fell from where I should never have fallen. […] I was sitting. When I went to put away the case [com o kit de cortar unhas]instead of moving with the bench, I just moved with my body. Well, then, the concrete fact is the following, is that there was no more space, that is, my butt didn’t levitate, so I fell and hit my head”, he said in an interview with RedeTV.
He amended it by stating that “it was a very strong blow, a lot of blood came out. I thought I had cracked my brain, my hull. I went straight to Sírio-Libanês”, he reported, referring to the hospital unit in Brasília, where he received immediate care.
The president concluded by stating that “I thought it was something much more serious. The beat messed with the brain.” According to cardiologist Roberto Kalil Filho, who accompanies him, the president suffered a small hemorrhage after the accident and continues to be monitored with periodic MRI exams to assess the risk of further bleeding.
