CUBA-HEALTH-Vincentian Leader Released From Hospital

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 03, CNS – Doctors here have released St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves from hospital.

Gonsalves, 68, arrived here 10 days ago to receive treatment for a leg injury.

The Prime Minister’s treatment in Cuba is the second in a foreign country this year.

In May, he underwent a surgical procedure in Europe to correct what he described as “niggling pain” where a surgical procedure has been done in Barbados two years earlier.

In April of this year, doctors ordered Gonsalves to rest as a result of an ankle injury, the Prime Minister said he sustained in his bathroom.

In July, Gonsalves was seen walking with a slight limp, and told reporters that he had injured his knee, but not seriously.

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