DOCTORS at the Nicosia General Hospital said yesterday that Archbishop Chrysostomos’ condition was “stable, but that he had suffered myoclonia” after he was was taken to hospital after falling heavily at the entrance of the Archbishopric on Saturday.
Chrysostomos, 75, damaged his skull and three bones in his upper spine in the fall. Leading Neurologist Spyros Tzanis from Greece attended the Archbishop after concerned relatives requested additional medical advice. Tzanis made no additional comments about the Archbishop’s injuries but added that although stable the Archbishop would require two to three weeks in hospital.
According to the hospital, the Archbishop’s myoclonia is controlled with pharmaceutical treatment and a brain scan has indicated the original brain injury was not affected by the complications.
On Sunday, Chrysostomos was declared well enough to receive visitors including President Glafcos Clerides. Later on, Clerides told reporters that the Primate of the Church of Cyprus was “well”. Adding that they had exchanged a few jokes. Clerides stressed that “it will take time” to heal, but that the Archbishop’s health “is in no danger.”
Responding suggestions of a replacement to the Archbishop being appointed, Church officials rejected the need for any such action, adding that according to existing canon law a replacement could only be named by the Archbishop himself.
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