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2009-11-28 Africa Subsaharan

Nigerian leader in hospital after heart treatment

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is receiving treatment for an acute condition of inflammation of the wall of the heart at a Saudi hospital, his doctor said on Thursday.

The doctor said Yar'Adua started complaining of severe chest pains last Friday and preliminary tests suggested acute pericarditis.

It was then decided he should take further tests in Saudi Arabia.

So Saudi sheiks get their heart care at the Cleveland Clinic and Nigerian presidents get their heart care in ... Jeddah. Oh. Okay ...

"The medical review and tests undertaken at the hospital have confirmed the initial diagnosis that the President is indeed suffering from acute pericarditis.

On Wednesday, rumours spread in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia that Yar'Adua had slipped into a coma or had died while in Jeddah to visit the hospital.

It is his third trip to the Red Sea port in as many months, all believed to have involved hospital visits.

The condition of Yar'Adua, 58, had until now been cloaked in an official veil of secrecy. He is widely believed to have a history of kidney-related disease for which he has previously received hospital treatment in both Germany and Saudi Arabia.

Posted by 2009-11-28 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [228 views ] Top

#1 I've had pericarditis. It hurts. A lot. If the inflammation is bad enough the pericardium can start to fill up with fluid, exerting pressure on the heart within, which can become life-threatening if it becomes bad enough. The doctors gave me painkillers and anti-inflamatory drugs, and because the cause was viral, waited for it to go away.

Posted by trailing wife in Buffalo 2009-11-28 01:27|| 2009-11-28 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 "Greetings and salutations, I am the future widow of President Umaru Yar'Adua..."

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