Prime Minister Netanyahu in his meeting with Senator Rick Scott. March 27, 2024/Prime Minister spokeswoman
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery tonight under full anesthesia, following a routine examination conducted on Saturday evening in which a hernia was discovered in his body - this was announced today (Sunday) from his office. Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin - will fill his place.
In the summer, Netanyahu was referred to Sheba Hospital twice after feeling unwell. The second time he came to the hospital, it was decided to implant a pacemaker.
In December, the Prime Minister's Office published the annual health report of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's medical team. The report stated that "his health condition is completely normal."
Netanyahu's medical report consists of two documents - one letter signed by the family doctor Dr. Zvika Berkowitz and the director of the surgical department at Hadassah Prof. Alon Pikarsky, which states that Netanyahu is under "strict and routine" medical monitoring, and that he "maintains a healthy lifestyle and a proper diet and his state of health is completely normal ".
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Presidents Summit in Jerusalem February 18, 2024/Flash 90, Chaim Goldberg
Another letter was attached from the heart department at Sheba Hospital, where Netanyahu had a pacemaker implanted in the summer following several cardiac events. The letter states that Netanyahu continues to receive routine treatment and follow-up, and since the pacemaker implantation there has been no evidence of arrhythmias or other events. "The prime minister is completely stable from a cardiac point of view and does not need additional treatment except for routine follow-up," says the letter signed by the director of the Institute for Arrhythmias in Sheba Prof. Roi Beinert.
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