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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-01-09Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Mitsotakis undergoes successful bypass surgeryHonourary New Democracy party President and former prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis underwent a bypass operation with success on Tuesday, according to an announcement by the Onassio Cardiosurgery Centre. It added that his post-operation course is developing smoothly.The announcement further said that his pre-operation assessment had been completed on Tuesday morning by the First Cardiological Department, with the attending doctors being professor Dionysios Kokkinos and the Department's deputy director Vassilios Voudris. The operation, that began at 16:00, was successfully completed at 20:20. Mitsotakis was hospitalised at the Onassion on Monday afternoon for sceduled medical examinations, and the surgery was decided on Tuesday following the completion and assessment of the examinations, as well as complaints of discomfort by Mitsotakis over the preceding four days, and arrhythmia. An Onassion medical bulletin had said that the results of the examinations ascertained the need for bypass surgery. Mitsotakis' daughter, foreign minister Dora Bakyannis, and his son, MP Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and other family members were at the former prime minister's side. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |