Sana’a: Ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted to a military hospital in Sana’a, the second time that he’s been to a hospital this month, media reported on Sunday.
Saleh led Yemen for 30 years before stepping down, amid widespread protests as well as international pressure, last November as part of a long discussed deal brokered the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council.
The Yemeni official said Sunday that Saleh was in the hospital for “a scheduled checkup, not an emergency,” while acknowledging he continues to face health issues.
The former president suffered extensive burns and a collapsed lung in a June 2011 strike on the mosque in Yemen’s presidential compound, a U.S. government official said then. In subsequent months, he has gotten continued medical treatment in various places, including in Saudi Arabia and New York.
There are “concerns from Saleh’s staff that he still needs more medical procedures and treatment,” the government official said.
Since leaving office last year, Saleh has remained a force in Yemeni politics. That includes threatening this March to withdraw all members of the nation’s ruling party, which he still heads, from the national government and warning Prime Minister Mohammed Saleh Basendowah that he could face imprisonment.
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