Reports filtering say what would have caused nationwide mourning was fortunately averted thus dousing serious tension that hung over the country as Sudan President Omar Al Bashir survived a heart attack and left hospital after undergoing a cardiac catheterization.
“The Presidency confirmed that Al Bashir has undergone an exploratory cardiac catheterisation at Royal Care hospital and the results were very reassuring,’’ a presidency official said.
He said that the president left the hospital immediately after the procedure.
The office of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir had in November 2016 denied rumors that the president had passed away of a heart attack.
Taha Othman, the director of Bashir’s office, told Al-Arabiya.net that the president was in good health and was resuming his presidential tasks.
“I am sitting next to President Bashir in Morocco and enjoying the rain. We are getting ready to leave in a while to Guinea to participate in the Arab-African Summit,” Othman said.
“I am sitting next to President Bashir in Morocco and enjoying the rain. We are getting ready to leave in a while to Guinea to participate in the Arab-African Summit,” Othman said.
A rumor had circulated on social media platforms claiming that the Sudanese president has died of a heart attack.
Al-Bashir had been outside the country since Nov. 14.
He participated in the UN climate change conference (COP22) in Marrakech and the Fourth Africa-Arab Summit Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
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