Lula treats arthrosis in SP and attends Metallurgist Union party

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) was this Sunday (23) at the Hospital Sírio-Libanês, in São Paulo, for routine exams. According to the advisory of the Presidency of the Republic, he also underwent an infiltration procedure to relieve pain in his hips, resulting from arthrosis, the result of wear of the cartilage that covers the joints.

According to CNN, Lula arrived at the health unit at the end of the morning and stayed there for just over an hour, being attended to by his personal cardiologist Roberto Kalil Filho. According to the doctor, the president did a “simple hip assessment” and performed a puncture to alleviate the pain, without the need for other procedures or tests. “To ease the pain. No big deal,” he said.

Lula’s complaints about hip problems began shortly after the elections. He started doing physiotherapy sessions and underwent an MRI scan in February at a hospital in Brasília. Afterwards, he himself informed that he suffered pain in the head of the femur that prevented him from playing football. Doctors and close advisers to the president are evaluating the convenience of surgery as an alternative to treatments.

From the capital of São Paulo, Lula went to São Bernardo do Campo (SP), where he participated in the 64th anniversary of the ABC Metalworkers Union, the birthplace of the president’s political trajectory. Right after the event, which will feature the singer Maria Rita, his return to Brasilia is scheduled for late afternoon. The president has dedicated the last days of June to negotiations around the ministerial change, to open spaces for Centrão parties.