{"id":466723,"date":"2011-07-23T09:59:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T09:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/23\/president-suffers-light-stroke\/"},"modified":"2011-07-23T09:59:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T09:59:17","slug":"president-suffers-light-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/president-suffers-light-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"President Suffers Light Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"27.9291420632\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/namibian180.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>18 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>SOURCES close to President Hifikepunye Pohamba have revealed that the President has suffered a light stroke, for which he was treated at a private hospital in Windhoek last week.<\/p>\n<p>The same sources said the President has since been released from hospital, and is now using a walking stick, while his gout has worsened.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another source insisted that the President was &#8220;fine&#8221; and has been using a walking stick for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>But it is understood that family and friends are worried about President Pohamba&#8217;s health status after the light stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Nahas Angula would not comment on the matter, and referred The Namibian to State House.<\/p>\n<p>Angula was quoted in local media last week as saying that Pohamba had gone for a routine medical checkup.<\/p>\n<p>The Namibian was sent from pillar to post for more information on the President&#8217;s health, with no one in State House either available to comment, or having the authority to speak to the media.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Dr Albert Kawana, said he was only aware of a routine medical checkup, and would not be drawn into more comment on the President&#8217;s state of health.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107230003.html\" title=\"President Suffers Light Stroke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Suffers Light Stroke<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 July 2011 SOURCES close to President Hifikepunye Pohamba have revealed that the President has suffered a light stroke, for which he was treated at a private hospital in Windhoek last week. The same sources said the President has since been released from hospital, and is now using a walking stick, while his gout has worsened. Yet another source insisted that the President was &#8220;fine&#8221; and has been using a walking stick for some time now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Suffers Light Stroke - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/president-suffers-light-stroke\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"President Suffers Light Stroke - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"18 July 2011 SOURCES close to President Hifikepunye Pohamba have revealed that the President has suffered a light stroke, for which he was treated at a private hospital in Windhoek last week. 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