Palestinian president to leave hospital within two days
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has been hospitalised with a lung infection since the weekend, should be discharged by Friday, a doctor treating him said on Wednesday.
Abbas, 82, was admitted to hospital on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Doctors initially said the veteran leader had gone in for medical tests after ear surgery five days earlier, but on Monday they said he had a lung infection.
A heavy smoker, Abbas was hospitalised in the United States for medical checks in February during a trip to address the UN Security Council.
"(Abbas) is recovering and the medical team has decided that once we are sure everything is in order, within two days, he can leave," Yasser Abu Safiyeh, one of the doctors treating Abbas at Ramallah's al-Itishari hospital told reporters.
