Everything went smoothly, the message of Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos on the health condition of Deputy Minister to the President Petros Demetriou.
Mr. Pelekanos, speaking to State Television, noted that based on the morning briefing he received, that everything is going according to the doctors' estimates.
- In intensive care for 24 hours Deputy Minister to the President. "He was suffering from a congenital condition."
- President Anastasiades at the side of the Deputy Minister to the President (pics)[/B]
- The Deputy Minister to the President suffered sudden angina pain. He is undergoing regurgitation
According to the Government Spokesman, Mr Demetriou is expected to be able to be discharged in the next few days.
The deputy minister will be able to return to his duties in about a month.
He suffered from a congenital condition
As reported in an earlier Cyprus Times report, the Deputy Minister in the Presidency underwent successful open-heart surgery[/URL] yesterday.
The statement of the doctor Dr. Marinos Sotiriou:
"Mr. Demetriou presented today (yesterday) urgently at the First Aid Department, as he presented unstable angina. After diagnostic tests, it was found that he suffered from a congenital condition, congenital heart disease, where the right artery supplying the heart had an abnormal bifurcation, i.e. it started from the wrong point and actually caused symptoms," the doctor said.
Therefore, as he pointed out, an emergency open-heart surgery had to be performed to correct the problem. "He is hospitalized, in stable condition, in the intensive care unit where he will remain for the next 24 hours. He is expected to return to his home soon, where he will recover to return to duty.He is expected to make a full recovery with no particular problems."
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