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Chirac hospitalised after 'minor vascular incident'
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-03 21:44
French President Jacques Chirac was hospitalised on Friday for one week,
suffering from a slight vision problem following a "minor vascular incident",
the Elysee Palace revealed.
"The president of the republic was hospitalised last night at the Val de
Grace hospital for a minor vascular incident that led to a slight vision
disorder, which should be over within a few days," the military hospital in
Paris said in a statement.
"The president of the republic is expected to remain hospitalised for about
one week," the statement said Saturday.
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, speaking to reporters at a summer
conference of the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party in La Baule on
France's Atlantic coast, confirmed Chirac's hospitalisation.
Villepin said he had spoken to Chirac at length on Saturday, and intended to
visit him in hospital later in the day.
"Naturally, we discussed the agenda of the coming days and in particular the
offers of aid and assistance to our American friends faced with the terrible
catastrophe that has struck the south of their country," Villepin said.
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