Chirac Hospitalized With Blood Vessel Problem

Enoch · Sep 4, 2005

LA BAULE, France — President Jacques Chirac (search) has been hospitalized in Paris after suffering from a blood vessel problem affecting his eyesight and was expected to remain there for about a week, the prime minister said Saturday.

Chirac, 72, was taken to Val-de-Grace Hospital (search) in Paris on Friday evening, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said in the Atlantic coastal resort of La Baule. He did not elaborate.

"Last night, he had a small vascular incident causing slight vision trouble that should fade over the next few days," Villepin said of Chirac. "He will stay in [the] hospital for a week."

The statement did not offer more specifics, but a blood vessel problem of this type could range from a torn vessel to a stroke. Strokes are often connected with vision problems. More than 80 percent of strokes are caused by blockage in an artery carrying blood to the brain.
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