RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been hospitalized in theWest Bank due to complications after minor surgery last week, a Palestinianofficial said on Sunday.
It was the third time Abbas, 82, had been hospitalised in a week. Heunderwent minor ear surgery on Tuesday and was hospitalized again brieflyovernight on Saturday/Sunday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafasaid.
A Palestinian official in Ramallah said Abbas went back into hospital againlater on Sunday because his temperature was high “so doctors advised thathe go back into hospital.”
Two statements were issued by Wafa on Sunday. The first, half an hour aftermidnight, said Abbas had gone into hospital “for a checkup to review thesurgery that he had in his middle ear a few days ago at al-Istisharihospital in Ramallah. At the end of the tests, the results turned out to beexcellent,” the statement said, and Abbas left hospital.
A second statement carried by Wafa on Sunday afternoon reported the medicalmanager of al-Istishari hospital, Dr. Saed Sarahneh, said the results ofthe medical tests were “good” and that his medical condition was“reassuring.”
A Palestinian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the hightemperature may have resulted from a failure of an ear inflammation to healcompletely.