Brazilian President Lula Has Head Drain Removed After 2nd Surgery, Doctors Say

Brazilian President Lula Has Head Drain Removed After 2nd Surgery, Doctors Say
Brazillian President Lula da Silva at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 29, 2024. Ton Molina/Getty Images
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SAO PAULO—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had a drain removed from his head on Thursday evening, his doctors said, as he recovers from emergency surgery earlier this week to relieve bleeding in his skull.

Lula remains “lucid and speaking normally,” the doctors said in a new medical note, adding the drain was removed without complications.