Brazil's radical leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not travel to Russia to attend this week's BRICS summit after sustaining head injuries in a “domestic accident” on Saturday. It became.
Members of the China-led BRICS bloc will gather in the Russian city of Kazan this week for an annual general meeting scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Lula was reportedly scheduled to travel to Russia on Sunday afternoon, but canceled her flight after suffering a head injury after falling in the bathroom on Saturday and being admitted to Brasilia's Sirio Libanes Hospital. .
According to CNN BrazilThe accident occurred at the Alvorada Palace, the official residence of Brazil's president, after Lula returned from a short trip to Sao Paulo to attend a live performance. broadcast Along with Guilherme Boulos, the Brazilian Socialist Liberal Party's candidate for mayor of Sao Paulo.
Sirio Leavenes Hospital reported On Saturday, Brazil's president announced that he had suffered a “blunt force injury to the back of the head.”
“After evaluation by the medical team, he was advised to avoid long-distance air travel, but was allowed to carry out other activities,” the hospital said in a statement. “He continues to be under the supervision of his medical team and under the care of Professor Roberto Carril Filho and Dr. Ana Helena Germoglio.”
Brazilian government Confirmed On Saturday, following doctors' advice, Lula will not travel to Kazan and will participate in the summit via video conference. Lula plans to maintain a “normal work schedule this week at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia,” the statement said.
Instead, the Brazilian delegation will be headed by Lula's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. As a result, the bilateral talks held by Lula reportedly A meeting between Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has been canceled to coincide with the BRICS summit.
According to statement Lula's medical team provided him with five stitches in the wound. Lula returned to the hospital for further tests on Sunday morning and will need to undergo further tests this week.
“The trauma wasn't minor, it was a big one on the back of the head. It was actually a blunt cut. He had to have stitches and things like that. But more than that, it was a major injury to the back of the head. What it shows is that there was a so-called Contrecoup and a small cerebral hemorrhage in the frontotemporal region of the brain,” Lula's doctor, Roberto Calil, explained at Saturday's G1.
Khalil said brazil newspaper Oh Globo On Monday morning, Lula announced that he would spend the rest of the day recuperating at the Alvorada presidential palace, noting that this week he was allowed to work normally without any physical activity.
Khalil said tests showed “minimal bruising” to the president's brain after the fall, and that a hematoma was unlikely to develop.
“What he sustained was a contusion on the back of his head, on the back of his head. There was severe trauma to that area, causing what is called a brain contusion, a small hematoma,” the doctor explained.
Brazil will take over as BRICS rotating chairman on January 1, 2025, when Russia's current term ends.
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