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President Abbas leaves hospital after medical examination

Xinhua, October 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah after being suddenly taken from his office to hospital after he collapsed from exhaustion.

The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that President Abbas carried out medical examinations and was allowed to leave the hospital after spending several hours.

Palestinian Presidential Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeinah said that "President Abbas went this morning (Thursday) for medical checkups at the Arab Istishari Hospital in Ramallah," after he was check up by his personal doctor in his office

Abbas, 81, had succeeded late President Yasser Arafat in the presidential elections held in the Palestinian territories in 2005. Endit