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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was fitted with a pacemaker early Sunday morning – a surgery performed just before the Knesset is set to vote on a controversial judicial reform bill, according to a statement from his office.
The procedure happened at Tel Hashomer Hospital, says the statement. The prime minister was sedated during the surgery.
“During the procedure, the Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin will take his place,” the statement added.
Netanyahu’s operation was triggered by a warning from a heart monitor that he had “transient heart block,” said Eyal Nof, head of Invasive Electrophysiology Service at the Sheba Medical Center on Sunday.
“He was admitted urgently to Sheba Medical Center” – where the operation was carried out, the doctor said in a video statement.
“During the night we implanted a pacemaker. All went well. The prime minister is feeling very well this morning,” he said.
The Cleveland Clinic, a top American medical center, says transient heart block “is when the electrical signal that controls your heartbeat is partially or completely blocked. This makes your heart beat slowly or skip beats and your heart can’t pump blood effectively. Symptoms include dizziness, fainting, tiredness and shortness of breath. Pacemaker implantation is a common treatment…
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