Doctor: Kenyan prime minister has fluids drained from head after pressure build up, now stable
By APTuesday, June 29, 2010
Kenyan prime minister has fluids drained from head
NAIROBI, Kenya — Doctors say they have drained fluids from the Kenyan prime minister’s head to relieve pressure building on his brain.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Oluoch Olunya said Tuesday that Prime Minister Raila Odinga is in stable condition and will be recovering in the hospital over the next five days.
Olunya says Odinga is doing well.
Odinga became prime minister when he signed a power-sharing deal with President Mwai Kibaki to end violence following Kenya’s disputed December 2007 presidential election.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A spokesman says Kenya’s prime minister has been hospitalized for fatigue and will remain in the hospital for a few days.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga went for a checkup late Monday because he felt exhausted and doctors treated him for fatigue.
Odinga’s spokesman, Dennis Onyango, said Tuesday that the prime minister is in stable condition.
Odinga became prime minister when he signed a power-sharing deal with President Mwai Kibaki to end violence following the disputed December 2007 presidential election.
The last time Odinga was hospitalized was in 2008 when he underwent an eye operation in Germany.
