Lula da Silva is now walking and doing physical therapy after undergoing successful hip surgery

brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, He’s already walking and doing physical therapy In his room after undergoing successful surgery on Friday in which a hip prosthesis and a plastic prosthesis were implanted to remove excess skin on his eyelids, his doctors said Saturday.

“He spent the night sedentary, walked in the morning and did physical therapy exercises“, said the medical bulletin issued on Saturday by the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Brasilia, where the progressive leader was admitted on Friday and should stay until at least Tuesday.

The memo adds that the president, who will turn 78 in October, is still in the hospital in a private room under the care of medical teams that arrived from São Paulo to conduct interventions and declines to indicate whether he is actually expected to be discharged from the hospital.

Had he not been exposed toTotal hip arthroplasty“, that is, to Hip joint replacement with titanium prosthesesto correct problems in the head of the right femur caused by osteoporosis that cause persistent and increasingly stronger pain.

The president had been complaining of pain that made mobilization difficult and had left him in a bad mood since the October 2022 election campaign, in which the then Brazilian president was defeated. Jair Bolsonaro.

And the head of the medical team that treated him Roberto Khalil FilhoHe stated that the president took advantage of his general anesthesia due to the hip operation Undergoing simultaneous cosmetic surgery on the eyelids of both eyesknown as blepharoplasty, to remove excess skin around the eyes.

The progressive leader, who assumed his third term as head of state of Brazil in January, will have to remain in hospital until at least Monday or Tuesday, before being released, after which he will have to continue recovery treatment in hospital. Alvorada PalaceThe official residence of the Presidency in Brasilia.

According to the presidency, the recovery process will require “Between three and four weeks“, which is the period during which the president”You will be able to ship normally“He will not need to delegate responsibilities to the Vice President, Geraldo Al Ambush.

However, you will experience some movement restrictions during your rest period, which is when you will be assisted by your doctors, and in the first days you will need to walk with the help of a walker.

Once he recovers, Lula will resume his international schedule with a trip planned for early November, where he will attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to be held in the United Arab Emirates.

(With information from EFE)