Israeli president leaves hospital after fainting
08:10, 14 September 2009
JERUSALEM. September 14. KAZINFORM Israeli President Shimon Peres was released on Sunday morning from a Tel Aviv hospital where he spent a night after fainting during an event; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
"The president has been released from Sheba Hospital and is on his way back to Jerusalem right now. Everything is fine with him," a spokeswoman at the President's Residence told Xinhua.
Peres will meet with visiting U.S. peace envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell in the afternoon as scheduled, she added.
The 86-year-old political veteran temporarily lost his consciousness on Saturday night when answering questions on stage at a conference with young business executives in Tel Aviv, and came to himself shortly after on his own.
At the insistence of his aides, the president agreed to be taken to hospital for medical tests; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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