Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s condition was improving and he could leave hospital as early as Tuesday, a senior official and a medical source said Monday.
Abbas, 83, was admitted to the Istishari Arab Hospital near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday with complications following an ear operation.
He was awake and his condition was improving on Monday, a senior official said on condition of anonymity. A medical source confirmed Abbas was getting better.
The Palestinian president is expected to leave the hospital Tuesday and could return straight to work, the official added.
Abbas’s health is the subject of regular speculation, with no clear successor identified.
Senior official Saeb Erekat downplayed fears about his condition late Sunday.
“The president is suffering from an inflammation of the ear that developed following the operation he undertook recently,” Erekat told AFP.
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