Arias To Get Medical
Treatment In The US
Costa Rican president,
Óscar Arias Sánchez, who
has been suffering for
the last two weeks of
severe dysphonia, will
be travelling to the
United States to get
medical treatment,
according to a note
Arias sent to the
Legislative Assembly
explaining the reasons
for his having to leave
the country.
Dysphonia is the medical
term for hoarseness or
other phonation
disorders. It is
considered much less
severe than aphonia.
While Arias is away,
vice-president, Laura
Chinchilla, will head
the government until
Arias returns.
Arias has been under
medical attention by
doctor Mauricio Buitrago
of the Clínica Bíblica,
who ordered the
president to rest and
forced to cancel his
appearance at a number
of official public
functions like the
recent presidential
summit in Peru.
Arias has been keeping
in touch with his
ministers and advisors
by email and has
delegated a number of
his functions to key
government officials.
No details were given on
the treatment he is to
receive in the US nor
the length of his
absence. |
