"Heart bypass for Talat
By Simon Bahceli
TURKISH Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat was in an Istanbul hospital yesterday for major heart surgery after tests showed he was suffering from a blocked artery.
The bypass was Talat’s second heart operation in two days. On Sunday he was admitted to the prestigious Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul after a routine checkup showed a narrowing of one of his heart’s main arteries, one of his press spokesmen told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
“The doctors carried out an angioplasty on Sunday, and yesterday decided it was necessary for him to have a heart bypass,” the spokesman said, adding that Talat had not felt unwell before booking in for a checkup.
Talat was in Istanbul for a number of engagements, including a conference at the city’s Bogazici University and a meeting with Turkish Businessmen’s organising TUSIAD."
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