Soeharto is healthy, doctors say<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto checked out of the Army
\nhospital yesterday morning after spending one night to have his
\nkidneys checked, with doctors pronouncing that his health is
\nfine.<\/p>\n
The President was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night to
\nundertake tests related to kidney stone problems, Minister\/State
\nSecretary Moerdiono told reporters at the pavilion of the Gatot
\nSoebroto Hospital.<\/p>\n
\"Over the past 10 days, the President has had some health
\ncomplaints and it turned out that based on medical tests, he had
\nstones in his kidney,\" Moerdiono said.<\/p>\n
\"One doctor said one of the stones (in his kidney) has been
\npassed naturally. There will be other tests later to check the
\ncondition of other stones in his kidney,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Medically, the president is now in good health,\" he said
\nquoting Pattiasina, a member of the president's medical team.<\/p>\n
Soeharto left the hospital at 10.15 a.m., accompanied by
\nMrs.Tien Soeharto and a number of his children. He shook hands
\nwith some of the doctors as he left the pavilion.<\/p>\n
Moerdiono said the doctors suggested that the President adjust
\nhis routine state activities in accordance with his health
\ncondition.<\/p>\n
Soeharto has already decided to cancel his plan to attend the
\nUN conference on population and development in Cairo scheduled to
\nopen on Sept. 5, but other planned state visits will still
\nproceed as scheduled, he said.<\/p>\n
Moerdiono did not elaborate on the other state visits but said
\nthat given Soeharto's health condition, the President needed more
\ntime to rest.<\/p>\n
Soeharto had been scheduled to address the Cairo meeting as a
\nleader representing the developing countries, an honor given to
\nhim as a tribute for Indonesia's highly acclaimed family planning
\nprogram. The Indonesian delegation to Cairo will now be led by a
\nminister.<\/p>\n
Another major event in the Presidential agenda in the
\nremainder of the year is the meeting of the leaders of the Asia-
\nPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, scheduled in nearby
\nBogor on Nov. 15. Some 18 heads of state or their representatives
\nare expected to attend, including U.S. President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n
Fritz Kakailatu, another member of the medical team, said the
\ndoctors did not prescribe any special medicine to the President
\nfor the stones in his kidney. \"We recommended that he drink
\nplenty of water and that's what he did.\"<\/p>\n
Another doctor, Djoko, said that the next medical check up
\nwill be fitted around the presidential schedule. (emb)<\/p>",
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