Haiti - FLASH : The President is getting better according to Laurent Lamothe
The President Michel Martelly, hospitalized Monday in Miami after a pulmonary embolism, diagnosed by doctors, getting better according to his wife Sophia Martelly. The prognosis of physicians is reassuring and administers treatment with anticoagulant to the Head of State who ate yesterday we have learned, although he is still having chest pains. Grégory Mayard-Paul, the adviser to the President who spoke extensively with the Head of State said he was reassured, confident and optimistic.
Laurent Lamothe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, also Prime Minister-designate is also reassuring this Wednesday and gave some details on what caused this pulmonary embolism "...I want to reassure the population that I spoke with the President and he is doing well [...] he was asked to stay at rest, but I want to reassure everyone that their President is in form, he takes medication to all things back to normal and that he can return to the country [...] the doctors take care of our President and all things are under control [...]
After his shoulder surgery, he took the plane to come meet with President Felipe Calderón, and the fact that he flew, he remained stationary for a while, which caused a problem of coagulation of blood [and formed a blood clot that has circulated in the blood and finally clog an arterial branch irrigating the lung] the President has had pains which forced him to go back to Miami to address this problem [...] it is currently still in hospital, but should leave the hospital today or tomorrow for go to rest for some days before returning to Haiti..."
