2023-07-23 01:11:02
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a speech on July 5, 2023, in Jerusalem. JACK GUEZ / AFP
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will undergo emergency surgery to insert a pacemaker, his office said in a statement early Sunday, July 23, just days following he was discharged from hospital following a health problem.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu will undergo a pacemaker implantation procedure tonight at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer”the statement said. “The procedure will take place under sedation, and the Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister, Yariv Levin, will replace him during this time”adds the document.
In a brief video statement released at midnight, the Prime Minister announced that he had been fitted with a monitoring device following being briefly hospitalized last week. He said an alarm from the device sounded on Saturday evening, which meant he needed a pacemaker immediately. ” I feel fine, but I listen to my doctors “, did he declare.
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The head of government said he intended to leave the hospital on Sunday and go to the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), before the expected vote on the reform. He said he hoped for an agreement with his opponents.
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A week ago, Mr. Netanyahu, 73, had left the same medical center following a night of hospitalization following dizziness. A pacemaker is used when a patient’s heart beats too slowly, which can cause fainting. It can also be used to treat heart failure. By sending electrical impulses to the heart, the device increases or maintains a person’s heart rate at a normal level, which allows the heart to pump blood through the body at a normal rate.
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