Gus Dur to undergo medical checkup

Gus Dur to undergo medical checkup

JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid, who has suffered
two strokes in the past, is scheduled to undergo a routine health
check here on Tuesday, his spokesman said Monday.

Presidential spokesman Wimar Witoelar said the "routine"
medical check-up will take place at the private Harapan Kita
Cardiac Hospital in West Jakarta, beginning at 11:00 a.m.

The procedure, conducted twice a year on the President, will
be conducted by a team of doctors headed by Abdurrahman's younger
brother, Umar Wahid.

"It is only a routine check-up that the hospital's doctors
have advised the President to undergo every six months," Wimar
said.

"This morning, a doctor took blood samples from the
President," he added.

The check-up was recommended by the hospital's doctors and the
President's physicians after Abdurrahman underwent a similar
heart check-up at the same hospital in April.

"In April, the hospital's doctors said the President's heart
was in a good condition," Wimar added.

Since taking office in October last year, Abdurrahman, 59, has
also received eye treatment twice in the United States.(byg)