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Peres has hernia operation upon return from Canada
SEBASTIAN SCHEINER / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES Israeli President Shimon Peres had hernia during Canadian visit. (CP)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli President Shimon Peres' office says the 88-year-old is "feeling well" after undergoing surgery Friday for a hernia discovered during his state visit to Canada earlier in the week.
Peres spokesman Ayelet Frisch says the hernia was discovered halfway through the president's week-long trip, which started last Sunday.
She said Peres' personal physician, Dr. Rafi Valden, treated him during the visit. Peres continued with his work schedule in Canada as planned, Frisch said, giving interviews and meeting officials who did not know about his condition.
Peres returned to Israel as scheduled Friday afternoon and was taken to a hospital near Tel Aviv for surgery soon after landing, Frisch said.
"The operation was fully successful and the president is awake and feeling well," she said after the procedure. "President Peres will remain at Tel Hashomer hospital over the weekend and is expected to be released on Sunday," she said.
Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is known for his long workdays and busy schedule.
He was elected to parliament on the Labor Party ticket in 1959 and held a succession of Israel's most senior posts, including the premiership and the defence and foreign affairs portfolios.
In 2007, he was elected for a seven-year term in the nonpartisan, largely ceremonial office of president.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 12, 2012 A28
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