Patriarch Hazim in 'Stable Condition' at St. George Hospital, Geagea, Ministers Pay Him Visit
Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim of Antioch and all the East is in a stable condition and currently undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit after suffering a stroke, Saint George Hospital announced on Tuesday.
"A team of medical experts at Saint George are taking care of the Patriarch's condition ,” the hospital's administration said, adding that the Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, Beirut Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audeh, as well as Public Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil and al-Mustaqbal MP Atef Majdalani visited the hospital to check up on Hazim's health.
Also among the visitors were former ministers Michel Eddeh, Ibrahim Najjar, Elie Salem and Beshara Merhej.
Hazim was admitted to the Saint George Hospital Tuesday morning after suffering a stroke that is affecting “his movement ability and consciousness”.
The Greek Orthodox patriarch was hospitalized on November 5 for what Saint George's administration had said were routine medical checkups.
“He is in good health,” it said in a terse statement last month after the media reported that he was transferred from Damascus to the hospital in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district for falling ill.
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