Lee's ailment 'no worry'

Lee's ailment 'no worry'

SINGAPORE (Reuter): The hospitalization of Singapore elder
statesman Lee Kuan Yew for a respiratory infection was not a
cause for worry, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday.

State television said Goh told reporters at a constituency
event that Lee's ailment was sinus-related and was nothing to
worry about.

The Prime Minister's office said Saturday that Lee was in
stable condition after being hospitalized for an acute
respiratory tract infection, which involved the sinuses and
required intravenous antibiotics.

A prominent Singapore physician said Lee's ailment did not
sound serious and that he seemed to have contracted a form of
bronchitis, possibly aggravated by over-exertion.