Checkup shows Gus Dur 'stable'<\/p>\n
BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters): Former Indonesian President
\nAbdurrahman Wahid was found to be in stable condition during a
\ntwo-day medical checkup in the United States, his brother and
\npersonal physician said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Abdurrahman, a 60-year-old Muslim cleric who was ousted from
\noffice by the People Consultative Assembly a week ago, underwent
\na battery of tests for blood pressure and the after effects of
\ntwo strokes at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.<\/p>\n
The final examination took place on Monday, and Indonesian
\nofficials said Wahid was expected to leave the United States as
\nearly as Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"Mr. Wahid was seen at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on
\nFriday, July 27, and on Monday, July 30, for a routine checkup
\nthat was previously scheduled for June of this year,\" said a
\nstatement provided by the hospital.<\/p>\n
\"According to Dr. Umar Wahid, Mr. Wahid's brother and personal
\nphysician, doctors at Johns Hopkins found the patient to be in
\nstable condition.\"<\/p>\n
Gus Dur, as the former president is better known, arrived at
\nJohns Hopkins last Friday, a day after leaving the presidential
\npalace in Jakarta where he had been holed up for four days after
\nhis ouster.<\/p>\n
Before leaving the country, he told a throng of supporters
\nthat he would \"return and continue fighting for democracy\" in the
\nworld's fourth most-populous nation.<\/p>\n
He surrendered power to Megawati Soekarnoputri, the 54-year-
\nold daughter of Indonesia's founding President Sukarno, who won
\noffice after the assembly fired Abdurrahman for incompetence.<\/p>",
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