Brazil's Lula discharged from hospital following emergency surgery

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 16, 2024 10:08 pm

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was discharged Sunday from a Sao Paulo hospital following emergency surgery to treat an intracranial hemorrhage.

'I am here in one piece... returning home calmly,' the 79-year-old leftist leader said as he made a surprise appearance at a news conference by his medical team at Hospital Sirio-Libanes.

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