The president (PT) arrived at around 7:40 am this Friday (30) at the hospital in Brasília where he will undergo a .
The presidential convoy entered through a specific entrance for cars and headed to a private entrance at the back of the Hospital de Olhos CBV building, in Asa Sul of Brasília. The president’s security guards were grouped in front of that door.
The time and place of the surgery were not officially announced by the federal government’s communications department.
Lula stopped by on Thursday morning (29), the day after returning from a trip to Panama. The PT member spent the rest of the day at Granja do Torto, one of the official residences of the Presidency of the Republic.
The procedure is carried out by ophthalmologist Leôncio Queiroz Neto, executive director of the Penido Burnier Institute and member of the Brazilian Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He says that cataracts affect mainly due to the wear and tear of the .
Lula is 80 years old and had two significant spells in the hospital during the current government: at the end of 2023 and, at the end of 2024, he was rushed to hospital because of a .
The osteoarthritis surgery was on September 29, 2023, in Brasília. The PT member had one on the right side of his hip to eliminate pain he had felt there for months. He had spent the 2022 presidential campaign and the first months of 2023 complaining about his pain to allies.
Then, on December 10, 2024, the president underwent a more delicate procedure. He was hastily subjected to a . The bleeding was the result of a .
The risks taken by the PT member in this episode were greater. He fell ill at Palácio do Planalto and was emergency removed to São Paulo.
Upon leaving the hospital after treating the bleeding, Lula said he only realized the severity of the episode after the operation. “I only became aware of the severity after the surgery was completed, after the head was new,” he declared. “I never think I’m going to die, but I’m afraid”, .
Lula smoked for around 50 years until he stopped in 2010, after a bout of hypertension. The following year, already as former president, the PT member was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer. He treated the disease, which was cured in 2012.
He says that he now takes better care of his own health. The president, who will run for re-election in October, seeks to show vitality to the public whenever he can.
Lula often mentions his exercise routine. It also has a habit of publishing images of walks and other outdoor activities carried out on the grounds of Palácio da Alvorada or Granja do Torto, official residences of the Presidency of the Republic.
Last September, for example, he participated in a walk promoted by the Ministry of Education and ran on some sections of the route – including the steepest part, the climb between the Palácio do Planalto and the headquarters of the .
