Ex-president Miloš Zeman is currently rehabilitating with the help of a walker, and medics are dressing his wounds every other day. It is still too early to estimate the release date, said the Prague University Hospital in Motola in a statement sent today.
“Mr. Miloš Zeman is hospitalized after an operation, he is in a stable condition with improving vitality,” said the hospital. Medical professionals are focusing on rehabilitation leading to the former president being able to stand and move around with the support of a walker. “We continue to care for the wounds, which are calm, dressings are carried out every other day according to standard procedures after this procedure. It is still too early to estimate the release date,” added the hospital. He will provide more information about Zeman’s health next week.
Zeman was hospitalized due to critical lack of blood in his leg caused by a blood clot. Due to the resulting swelling, Zeman’s doctors had to perform two so-called fasciotomies, i.e. cut the covers of the muscles. They could have closed both. Because of surgery the former president was, according to doctors, in an artificial sleep for several hours and was connected to pulmonary ventilation.
Doctors characterized Zeman’s condition due to the nature of his illness as serious, but according to them, the development of treatment is favorable. However, according to them, there is still a risk of recurrence of thrombosis, to which they have adjusted the treatment. According to Radan Keil, head of the Internal Medicine Clinic of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of the UK and Motol Medical Center, it is a so-called fragile patientas doctors mainly refer to elderly chronically illwho are more at risk of further complications.
In the eight-member medical council of the Motol hospital, which cares for Zeman, there are deputy for curative and preventive care Lucie Valentová Bartáková, head of the cardiovascular surgery clinic Stepan Cerny and the head of this clinic Radovan Fialahead of the imaging methods clinic Miloslav Ročekhead of the internal clinic Radan Keil and the primary care physician of this clinic Jindra Lochmanová, head of the clinic of rehabilitation and physical education medicine Pavel Kolar and chief physician of the Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Clinic František Mošna.
Zeman left the presidency a year ago after ten years. Not long after becoming head of state in August 2013, the doctors of the newly established council announced that Zeman suffers from polyfunctional neuropathywhich is usually neurological complication in diabetes. He was in the hospital several times as president, some of the shorter stays were described by the Castle as rehabilitation. He found himself in a very serious condition after the parliamentary elections in 2021. IN He then spent 48 days in the Central Military Hospital, initially in the intensive care unit. Doctors justified the need for care due to complications associated with the president’s chronic illness, which they did not specify. Almost three years with Zeman due to problems with walking and stability moves in a wheelchair.
