United Kingdom: Prince Philip underwent surgery for a heart problem

LONDON.- The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of the queen Isabel II, has been subjected to a operation for pre-existing heart disease, as confirmed today from Buckingham Palace. They also said he will stay in the hospital to receive treatment and recover.

The Duke of Edinburgh was subjected yesterday at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital to a successful procedure due to a pre-existing heart problem, ”they said from Buckingham in a statement, according to the British newspaper The evening standard, As for the health of Prince Philip, who He is 99 years old and is the oldest consort, with 22,000 official public commitments to its credit.

The duke entered the King Edward VII Hospital – a small private hospital in London – on February 16, as a precaution after feeling decomposed, where he was treated for an infection. On first suspicion, at that time, from Buckingham Palace, they reported that the hospitalization it was not linked to the coronavirus.

The same day, the husband – who will celebrate his 100 years in June – suffers a hard blow: his friend and royal page died. According to royal scholar Robert Jobson, the prince would strongly feel the loss, since they saw each other every day. In turn, he said the page was “much younger than the Duke” and said: “Many of his friends have passed away, as have a large part of his staff.

This Monday, Felipe de Edimburgo was transferred to the Saint-Barthélemy Hospital -a large public medical center- to undergo heart tests. “Doctors will continue to treat him for an infection, in addition to carrying out tests and observations of pre-existing heart problems”, they specified, at that time, from Buckingham Palace, where they had already anticipated that the husband would remain in the country. hospital, at least until the end of the week. Finally, he was successfully operated on.

The Duke retired from public life in August 2017 and has since been hospitalized several times with a recurrent bladder infection. At Christmas 2011, he had passed by another heart procedure, to clear a blocked artery in your heart.

In January 2019, he was even the protagonist of a traffic accident when he overturned in his Range Rover, after colliding with another vehicle, while leaving a road near the royal estate of Sandringham. Felipe came out unscathed, but he was forced to stop driving.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, he and the Queen have spent the last year confined to Windsor Palace, with the exception of a summer stay which the royal couple enjoyed at their Scottish castle in Balmoral. Both have already received the coronavirus vaccine.

DPA, AFP and AP agencies

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