Doctors Tell Arias To
Keep Quiet
Doctors have ordered
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, not to talk
for a month due to a
cyst on his vocal cords,
Casa Presidencial said
Wednesday.
Arias had been losing
his voice for several
weeks and traveled
Tuesday to be examined
at the Philadelphia
Ears, Nose and Throat
Associates medical
centre.
The doctors found he had
a nonmalignant cyst on
his vocal cords and
advised him against
talking for a month. If
he does not improve
after that, doctors will
evaluate the need for
surgery, his office
said.
Arias, a 67-year-old
Nobel Peace Prize
winner, was expected to
return to Costa Rica on
Saturday.
The president has
suffered from several
medical problems since
taking office in 2006.
In April, muscular pain
in his lumbar region
forced him to cancel
several activities. He
suffered from tendinitis
in August 2007.
Arias won the Nobel
Peace Price in 1987 for
helping broker an end to
Central America's civil
wars.
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