President Clinton Out Of Surgery : Doing Well
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A spokeswoman for former President Bill Clinton
says his heart bypass surgery was successful and he is resting
comfortably in a New York hospital.
Clinton has been at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia in
upper Manhattan since checking in Friday. The hospital`s chief of
cardiothoracic surgery Doctor Craig Smith led the surgical team.
The office of the former president released a statement saying
he came through the surgery OK. Clinton`s medical team plans to
explain the procedure and Clinton`s health at about Three o`clock
central time in a news conference in New York.
The 58-year-old former president and Arkansas governor has been
joined at the hospital by his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton,
and his daughter, Chelsea.
Clinton also had a 90-minute conversation with Democratic
presidential candidate John Kerry on Saturday, advising him to
concentrate on the economy and move away from his military service
in Vietnam.
