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| Mubarak's health 'satisfactory' |
| 2010-03-14 |
| CAIRO - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak's health is "satisfactory" after surgery in Germany to remove a gall bladder, the head of the medical team at Heidelberg University Hospital said on Thursday. "President Hosni Mubarak's overall medical condition continues to improve in a satisfactory manner," Professor Markus Buechler said in a statement released by Egyptian authorities. He also confirmed that Mubarak, 81, left the intensive care unit on Wednesday to a regular hospital room following Saturday's surgery to remove his gall bladder. During the surgery, Mubarak also had a "benign" growth removed from his small intestine. Mubarak has delegated executive powers to Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif until he returns to Cairo. His health is usually a taboo subject in the country he has ruled since 1981, fuelling regular rumours. Journalists writing about Mubarak's health have been handed jail sentences in the past. Mubarak's fifth six-year term as president ends in 2011. During a speech in 2005, he said he would stay in power until his "last breath." |
| Posted by:Steve White |