The former mayor of Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine) Patrick Balkany, aged 72, left the hospital Monday after being admitted Wednesday "in intensive cardiology care" for "pulmonary edema" and " heart failure, ”his wife Isabelle Balkany confirmed on Monday.
“Patrick Balkany's heart has returned to an almost normal rhythm thanks to the drugs.
Cardiac electric shock canceled, return home ... Absolute happiness!
», Tweeted in the morning the former deputy mayor of Levallois-Perret.
Patrick Balkany, who has returned to his home, will still have to undergo "a lot of check-ups," she told AFP.
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Patrick and Isabelle Balkany were sentenced on appeal in May 2020 to respectively five and four years in prison for laundering tax fraud, without immediate imprisonment due to their state of health.
At first instance, Patrick Balkany was sentenced to four years, with a warrant of committal.
He was immediately imprisoned at the Health prison where he remained for five months before being released on February 12, 2020, for health reasons.
