New Hope MK Hauser hospitalized after suffering ‘mild neurological event’

Lawmaker felt unwell at the Knesset on Wednesday and went to the hospital; says he expects to return to work in the next few days

By ToI Staff 15 July 2021, 2:56 pm

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MK Zvi Hauser attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 21, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New Hope MK Zvi Hauser said Thursday he was hospitalized after suffering a “mild neurological event” at the Knesset a day earlier.

“Last night during the Knesset debates I felt bad, and after I went to the hospital it became clear I had experienced a mild neurological event,” Hauser tweeted, without elaborating.

“Thanks to the quick response of the medical staff at the Knesset and exemplary treatment by the doctors at Hadassah Hospital, I am feeling good and will return to work in the next few days,” Hauser said.

Hauser’s was not the first medical emergency suffered by a lawmaker this week that resulted in hospitalization.

On Sunday, Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi was rushed to the hospital to remove kidney stones. After feeling unwell, Tibi was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, where he underwent emergency surgery to remove the kidney stones. The surgery was successful, according to the hospital.