President off respiratory support

PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades has been removed from respiratory support following his heart operation on Tuesday and was now aware of his environment, Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Thursday.

“The condition of the health of the President is progressing in a completely normal manner,” the spokesman said in a written statement.

“Today, the respiratory support was removed and the condition of the health of the President, who is fully aware of his environment, is very stable.”

Christodoulides said the attending physicians had expressed their full satisfaction with the progress observed in the president’s post-operative condition.

Anastasiades underwent a mitral valve repair procedure at New York’s Mount Sinai clinic on Tuesday. During the surgery, performed by Dr David Adams and his team, the president’s triglochin valves wre  also repaired, as was an issue he had with occasional heart arrhythmias.

He will remain in the ICU unit for another two days and will then spend another four or five days at the hospital before being transferred to his hotel to recuperate prior to his journey home before Christmas.

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