Thursday, May 12, 2005

Suharto to leave hospital

Wednesday May 11, 09:17 PM Taken from Yahoo! News/AAP

Former Indonesian president Suharto, hospitalised last week for serious internal bleeding, will return home on Wednesday.

But a senior doctor says the 83-year-old still requires intensive medical treatment.

Suharto, forced out in 1998 after 32 years in power when chaos engulfed Indonesia, was taken to Jakarta's Pertamina hospital last Thursday.

Doctors say he suffered digestive bleeding that had affected his kidneys, lungs and heart.

Doctors say the internal bleeding that has been the main concern has stopped but doctors had wanted the former president to stay in hospital longer.

However, they say due to his request to go home, treatment will be followed up at his residence.

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