Havel hernia operation

Prague - The Czech President, Mr Vaclav Havel, underwent surgery yesterday to repair a hernia, a presidential spokesman said, …

Prague - The Czech President, Mr Vaclav Havel, underwent surgery yesterday to repair a hernia, a presidential spokesman said, adding that there were no complications.

"The President has been moved into his room . . . The operation was conducted with no complications. It lasted over two hours," Mr Havel's spokesman, Mr Ladislav Spacek, said.

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