Netanyahu hospitalized with high fever

Admin Tue 27 Mar 2018, 7:48 pm

Netanyahu hospitalized with high fever
Prime minister suffering from high temperature and coughing fits after failing to take proper rest to overcome illness, physician says
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 25, 2018. (AFP Photo/AFP Photo and EPA/Abir Sultan)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken to a Jerusalem hospital on Tuesday evening, suffering from a high fever and coughing, his office said.

Netanyahu was ordered to undergo a series of tests at Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.

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The statement listed his symptoms as a high fever and “coughs” without providing further details.

The prime minister had not taken enough rest to fully recover from an illness two weeks ago, leading to his condition worsening, Netanyahu’s personal physician Tzvi Berkowitz said in the PMO statement.

He was taken to the hospital in his normal car and not an ambulance, according to Hadashot news. Doctors will decide whether to keep him overnight after the tests, according to the report.

Netanyahu’s earlier illness, which was unspecified, had caused a delay in his questioning by police in a high-profile corruption investigation concerning the Bezeq telecom giant.

He was questioned in the case Monday, along with his wife Sara and son Yair.

The interviews relating to what is known by its police designation, “Case 4000,” were put off until Monday.

After the questioning, the prime minister released a Hebrew-language video on his Facebook page in which he asserted that he had “complete certainty” that he would be cleared, and repeated his refrain that: “There won’t be anything, because there was nothing