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Wednesday, January 18, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
President Rivlin to undergo pacemaker surgery
President Reuven Rivlin will over the weekend undergo a procedure to be fitted with a pacemaker. In order for the procedure to be carried out, he will be admitted to hospital for around 24 hours before returning to work, the president’s office says.
Rivlin’s doctors have recently detected cardiac arrhythmia requiring greater monitoring capability, the statement says.
The procedure will be carried out without general anesthetic. The president is due to return to the President’s Residence after a short hospitalization.
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