Lula Is Awake, Conscious After Emergency Brain Surgery
- President will stay in ICU for 48 hours as precaution
- Surgery comes at a delicate political moment for Lula
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is awake and conscious after undergoing an emergency brain surgery that adds to the delicate political moment he faces in Brazil.
Lula will stay in the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital for 48 hours as a precaution, and should be able to return to Brasilia early next week, Doctor Roberto Kalil told journalists on Tuesday.