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Ex-Argentina president Menem released from hospital
BUENOS AIRES, July 4, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Argentina’s 90-year-old former president
Carlos Menem was released from hospital on Friday after being admitted for a
second time in less than a month for pneumonia, family members said.
Menem was admitted to intensive care at the Los Arcos private clinic in Buenos
Aires on Thursday suffering breathing difficulties.
His breathing had improved sufficiently to allow him to be taken home, but a
diabetic condition “needs to be closely monitored,” Argentine media quoted family
members as saying.
Memem’s relatives added they did not want the former statesman to remain in the
clinic and risk exposure to the coronavirus, the reports said.
The senator, who turned 90 on Thursday, reportedly tested negative for the
coronavirus.
President between 1989-99, Menem had been discharged only on Monday after two
weeks in hospital receiving treatment for severe pneumonia.
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