Clerides out of clinic on Tuesday, say doctors

PRESIDENT Glafcos Clerides is expected to leave Evangelistria Clinic in Nicosia on Tuesday, doctors said yesterday.

Clerides underwent surgery last Friday to remove a polyp growth from his large intestine. Yesterday his doctors told reporters that the president would be leaving the clinic at 12.30pm on Tuesday.

They said Clerides was in excellent shape and will probably be ready to travel to Geneva in June for the third round of proximity talks on the Cyprus problem. Tomorrow, Clerides will chair a Cabinet meeting to be held in the clinic.

Meanwhile the health of former president George Vassiliou, who had a benign brain tumour removed earlier this week in London, is improving steadily and at a relatively fast pace.

Vasiliou, who underwent surgery on Wednesday, has walked and is in good spirits, doctors said.

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