Monday, February 26, 2007
Talabani in stable condition in Jordan
(Al Jazeera) Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president, is in stable condition and in good spirits after having suffered from extreme exhaustion and dehydration, a day after he was flown to Jordan for medical tests, his office has said. A statement on Monday said that Talabani was fully conscious after he was admitted to the King Hussein Medical Centre in Amman.
The statement said Talabani fell ill due to a heavy workload. Talabani, who is in his early 70s, denied media reports he had had a heart attack. A US official in Washington said on Sunday that Talabani had been taken to the Jordanian military hospital on a medically equipped US military transport aircraft.
Earlier a doctor in Sulaimaniyah, Talabani's hometown, told AP that the president was unconscious when an ambulance rushed him to a hospital there. Talabani, a Kurd, appeared in public on Saturday in Sulaimaniyah where he met with Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador, and Massoud Barzani, leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
The statement said Talabani fell ill due to a heavy workload. Talabani, who is in his early 70s, denied media reports he had had a heart attack. A US official in Washington said on Sunday that Talabani had been taken to the Jordanian military hospital on a medically equipped US military transport aircraft.
Earlier a doctor in Sulaimaniyah, Talabani's hometown, told AP that the president was unconscious when an ambulance rushed him to a hospital there. Talabani, a Kurd, appeared in public on Saturday in Sulaimaniyah where he met with Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador, and Massoud Barzani, leader of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
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