Peres released from hospital
President's personal physician Prof. Rafi Valdan says Peres doing extremely well after collapsing Saturday, adds all of his test results are normal
President Shimon Peres was released from the hospital Sunday morning after recovering from Saturday's incident, in which he briefly lost consciousness.
The president's personal physician, Prof. Rafi Valdan said earlier that Peres was doing extremely well, and estimated that he will attend the scheduled meeting with US envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell later in the day.
Peres collapsed during an event at the Yitzhak Rabin Center in northern Tel Aviv Saturday evening, and was rushed to Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.
The president recovered almost immediately, but was admitted for a series of tests nonetheless.
Sheba's Chief of Staff Dr. Ari Shamis and the medical center's director, Prof. Ze'ev Rothstein, both said the bout was typical of people who have an unusual workload.
"He is doing extremely well and all his test results came back normal," said Valdan.
"We can probably convince him to take it easy today, but I can't promise anything for the coming days," he said.
Rothstein said following Peres' release, "the results of the tests we conducted this morning were normal. We are confidant in our decision to release him. I spoke with the president this morning; he was in a good mood, but was eager to get to work."
The 86-year-old is Israel's ninth president. Despite his advanced age he maintains a busy schedule and takes part in numerous meetings and events every week.
