Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva underwent surgery for intracranial hemorrhage

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, underwent emergency surgery Monday night in Sao Paulo due to an intracranial hemorrhage. This was announced by the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital.

Doctors explained that Lula felt a headache and underwent an MRI in Brasilia that showed a brain hemorrhage, which they attributed to a fall from a month and a half ago.

"He was transferred to the Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Sao Paulo unit, where he underwent a craniotomy to drain the hematoma."

On October 19, the president fell in the bathroom of his residence and hit and injured the back of his head.

Due to that accident, he had to cancel his trip to Russia, where he was to participate in the Brics summit, and severals other international commitments.

Lula "stable" and "without sequelae" after surgery, doctors say

The Brazilian president is "stable, conversing normally and feeding", and "did not have any sequelae" after the intervention, said Dr. Roberto Kalil, member of the medical team in charge of the surgery, at a press conference.

The procedure lasted about two hours. The President will spend the next 48 hours "under observation" in the Intensive Care Unit, and will remain in the hospital until "next week", he added.