On December 12 local time, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, issued a medical announcement stating that the intracranial drainage tube placed after President Lula's surgery was removed on the evening of the same day. Currently, Lula is conscious, his thoughts are normal, and he is still receiving intensive care in the hospital. The announcement stated that Lula's nervous system is normal, with no complications, and that no sequelae will remain in the future. His recovery is good, able to eat and converse normally, and the hospital advised him to continue resting.