Slovakia’s PM Fico undergoes new operation amid hopes for his recovery
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Robert Fico remains in serious condition, officials say, after being shot in attack that sent shockwaves across Europe.
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation that has increased hopes for his recovery, the country’s deputy prime minister said, but Fico remains in serious condition.
The 59 year old was shot on Wednesday while speaking to members of the public after a meeting in the central town of Handlova, in an attack that sent shockwaves across Europe and around the world.
Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak said on Friday that Fico had undergone another operation that lasted nearly two hours.
“It will take several more days for us to know definitively which way it is going,” Kalinak told reporters outside the hospital in Banska Bystrica where the prime minister is being treated. “I think the surgery today … will allow us to move closer to a positive prognosis.”
Kalinak also said any decision to transfer Fico back to the capital Bratislava would only be taken when there had been further improvement in his condition.
