Successful eye surgery for Amir of Kuwait

In a statement, the Kuwaiti Amir's court ( Divan) on Monday said that a successful eye surgery was done on Amir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and that he had left the hospital.

The Kuwaiti news agency quoted the stated informing the Kuwaitis that the Emir is in a good health condition and that the surgery was set beforehand. No more details were given.

Sheikh Jaber ( 73 year old) who has been in power since 1978 had a stroke in September 2001. He received medical treatment in London for four months and returned back home in January, 2002.

The surgery made to Sheikh Jaber in Kuwait came several days after a minor surgery in the stomach for the Kuwaiti deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah in a Kuwaiti hospital.

Sheikh Sabah is running the daily affairs issues in Kuwait because of the ailing health conditions of his cousin the prime minister and crown prince Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.