Politics

Brazil´s President-elect Lula undergoes surgery

Operation removes larynx lesion and shows absence of neoplasm

Ludmilla Souza

Published on 21/11/2022 - 12:23

Agência Brasil - São Paulo

O presidente eleito, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, visita pela primeira vez o centro de transição no Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) e se reúne com parlamentares das bancadas aliadas. — © Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil

Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged today (Nov. 21) at 7:45 a.m. from the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, where he underwent a laryngoscopy. A leukoplakia of the left vocal fold - a lesion in the larynx – has been removed. No neoplasia (cancer) has been detected.

He was admitted yesterday (20) at the hospital and was treated by medical teams coordinated by specialists Roberto Kalil Filho, Artur Katz, Rubens Brito, Rui Imamura, and Luiz Paulo Kowalski.

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