Painter Widayat hospitalized

YOGYAKARTA: Noted painter Widayat was admitted to the Bethesda Hospital here on Wednesday for a light stroke and a drop in glucose level.

The 81-year-old artist was unconscious when he was rushed to the hospital from his residence in Magelang, some 40 kilometers north of here, at dawn, his wife said.

Widayat regained consciousness after four hours of medical treatment.

"He has been suffering from diabetes mellitus for a long time," his wife said. (44)