{"id":144277,"date":"2021-09-15T12:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=144277"},"modified":"2021-09-15T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:10:37","slug":"czech-president-and-his-predecessor-both-treated-in-same-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=144277","title":{"rendered":"Czech president and his predecessor both treated in same hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsghana.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gettyimages-e-x-.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/newsghana.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gettyimages-e-x--696x464.jpg\" alt=\"Milos Zeman\" title=\"Milos Zeman\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Milos Zeman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">PRAGUE, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Czech President Milos Zeman has been taken to hospital, his spokesperson said, without disclosing the reason or his anticipated length of stay.<br><br>A separate adviser to the president told Czech Radio that it was a matter of routine examinations.<br><br>Zeman&#8217;s predecessor, Vaclav Klaus, is also receiving treatment at the same hospital in Prague.<br><br>Zeman, 76, suffers from a nerve disorder that makes it difficult for him to walk. He often uses a wheelchair during public appearances. He has been hospitalized several times in the past.<br><br>Zeman was re-elected to a second five-year term in January 2018 and keeps an active schedule. He recently hosted German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on a visit to the Czech Republic.<br><br>In 2013, Zeman became the first Czech president to be directly elected by the people following a constitutional amendment.<br><br>Klaus, 80, is also staying at Prague&#8217;s Military University Hospital. Klaus was being treated for high blood pressure, his spokesperson told new channel CT24.<br><br>The Czech Republic is set to conduct parliamentary elections on Oct 8-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">The presidency is largely ceremonial but does play a key role in the decision on who is picked to form a government. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRAGUE, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Czech President Milos Zeman has been taken to hospital, his spokesperson said, without disclosing the reason or his anticipated length of stay. A separate adviser to the president told Czech Radio that it was a matter of routine examinations. Zeman&#8217;s predecessor, Vaclav Klaus, is also receiving treatment at the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":144282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144277"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}