NAIROBI – Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga was discharged from hospital yesterday after a six-night stay for a head operation, an AFP reporter said.
‘I thank all the staff of Nairobi hospital for the care and hospitality. I am happy to be back on my feet,’ Odinga said as he left Nairobi hospital.On Wednesday one of his doctors, the neurosurgeon Oluoch Olunya had said Odinga was making good progress but that he would require a further four days in hospital followed by home rest before resuming his normal duties.Olunya said the prime minister was suffering from a chronic subdural haematoma which he said was a blood clot on the surface of the brain.Odinga, 65, checked himself into Nairobi hospital on Monday evening complaining of exhaustion and headaches. – Nampa-Sapa
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