President to be back soon

An operation performed on Azeri President Heydar Aliyev in Cleveland, the US passed successfully Thursday.

Minister for public health Ali Insanov said Friday that the Azeri President had been diagnosed with hypertrophy of prostate gland during his medical examination in Cleveland, the US. The disease can be cured without surgery, but the President opted a radical method of treatment, an operation, the minister said.

According to him, patients undergone this surgery are kept under supervision of doctors for at least 5-6 days and then discharged.

The President's cardiovascular apparatus and other organs are functioning well, the president's press secretary said in a statement Friday.*