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Saeb Erekat out of hospital after receiving lung transplant in US
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSenior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat leaves the Virginia hospital where he received a heart transplant a week and a half ago.
Via posted by his spokesperson Xavier Abu Eid, Erekat thanked well-wishers for “the tons of encouraging messages he received.”
https://twitter.com/xabueid/status/922124971782168577
Erekat, 62, suffers from pulmonary fibrosis, which causes scarring on the lungs that inhibits breathing and blocks the body’s ability to absorb oxygen.
Erekat flew to the US on the private jet of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a September news report said. His wife and his eldest son, Ali, were with him.
Previously, Erekat had been receiving treatment in Israel.
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