Jerusalem, Jul 24 (PTI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from hospital on Monday after undergoing a successful procedure to implant a pacemaker, just ahead of a critical vote in the Knesset on a controversial bill that could curb existing judicial powers.
Netanyahu, 73, underwent surgery on Sunday at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan, almost a week after he was hospitalised for dehydration and had a heart monitoring device implanted.
Doctors who rushed to implant the pacemaker later revealed that he had suffered a potentially life-threatening “transient heart block.” A heart monitor, implanted a week ago, registered the danger and issued an alert prompting Netanyahu’s immediate hospitalisation and the fitting of a pacemaker, they said.
