Posts Tagged ‘atrial flutter’

Lee Kuan Yew has surgery to implant a pacemaker.  This follows Lee’s earlier hospitalization for atrial heart flutter.  Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, 85, had a minor surgery on Saturday to implant a cardiac pacemaker, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. The surgery was performed because MM Lee has […]


Lee Kuan Yew discharged from hospital.  Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was on Sunday discharged from the Singapore General Hospital after being successfully treated for an abnormal heart rhythm. Mr Lee, who had two operations in 1996 to clear a blocked heart artery, is known to exercise regularly. In an email interview with […]


Lee Kuan Yew shows that his well-publicized threat to come back from the grave to keep things running may not be exaggerated.  Straits Times: ‘Unlike Kim Jong Il who says he is well but has not appeared, I thought I’d better say hello to you and to your guests and apologise for not being able […]


Lee admitted to SGH for atrial flutter.  Reuters: SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Lee Kuan Yew, 84-year-old founder of modern Singapore, has undergone successful treatment for an abnormal heart rhythm at a local hospital, his press secretary said on Saturday. “He is still in the hospital,” Yeong Yoon Ying told Reuters, adding that he would remain under […]



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