Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Fernando Lugo Brasil/Paraguay.- undergoes medical examinations in Brazil

ASUNCION, Jan. 25 (Reuters) - Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, will undergo a series of medical tests on Wednesday in Brazil as part of a medical examination after treatment with cancer chemotherapy, according to an official source . Lugo, who is in Brazil on Sunday with a pause in their activities, will attend the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo for the checks would continue until Thursday, said official news agency IP Paraguay.

The president, 59, was diagnosed in August with lymphatic cancer, but lymphoma is not completely gone until after treatment with chemotherapy, which lasted four months. It will take two years before doctors believe he is cured. Lugo will receive the first dose of a medication used for several months, but will not stay in the hospital in Sao Paulo, the same as it received several sessions of chemotherapy and was rushed last October by a thrombosis in the worst moment of their treatment.

The official news agency reported that in Brazil, Lugo received a call from the president of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, who informed him about the arrest of the alleged assailant footballer Salvador Cabanas, José Jorge Balderas.

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