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==Levy Mwanawasa 2008== | ==Levy Mwanawasa 2008== | ||
:Further information: ''[[Levy Mwanawasa]]''<br> | |||
On 29 June 2008, while attending the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, President Levy Mwanawasa suffered a second stroke and was hospitalised. He had previously experienced a mild stroke in April 2006 while serving as Head of State. Following his hospitalisation in Egypt, he was evacuated to France on 1 July 2008 by International SOS for specialist treatment. According to the medical team at the Egyptian facility, the bleeding in the brain had been contained, but Mwanawasa was reported to be in a semi-comatose condition. | On 29 June 2008, while attending the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, President Levy Mwanawasa suffered a second stroke and was hospitalised. He had previously experienced a mild stroke in April 2006 while serving as Head of State. Following his hospitalisation in Egypt, he was evacuated to France on 1 July 2008 by International SOS for specialist treatment. According to the medical team at the Egyptian facility, the bleeding in the brain had been contained, but Mwanawasa was reported to be in a semi-comatose condition. | ||
[[File:Zambia mourns Mwanawasa.jpg|thumb|right|Levy Mwanawasa's casket]] | [[File:Zambia mourns Mwanawasa.jpg|thumb|right|Levy Mwanawasa's casket]] | ||
