King leaves hospital after operation

King leaves hospital after operation

THAILAND: Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, was discharged from hospital on Saturday after he underwent a hernia operation days earlier.

A team of royal physicians was satisfied with the 75-year-old king's recovery after his operation on Tuesday, the Bureau of the Royal Household said in a statement.

They recommended he refrain from activity while he recuperated at Chitralada Palace in central Bangkok.

Before he left Siriraj Hospital, the king and his children paid homage to statues of his deceased parents in the hospital grounds.

King Bhumibol had another hernia operation last June. In February 2002 he was hospitalized for prostate surgery after a nine-year ailment, which a royal statement at the time said was "not serious." -- AFP