Saudi: 84-year-old King Salman undergoes successful surgery | Inquirer News

Saudi: 84-year-old King Salman undergoes successful surgery

/ 09:20 PM July 23, 2020

In this Thursday, May 30, 2019, file photo, Saudi King Salman chairs an emergency summit of Gulf Arab leaders in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP File Photo/Amr Nabil)

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia said its 84-year-old King Salman has undergone a successful surgery to remove his gallbladder.

On Monday, reports said he was admitted due to gall bladder inflammation. The next day, King Salman chaired a virtual cabinet meeting “from his office at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh,” according to the Saudi Press Agency.

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