RIYADH, 23 May 2003 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd left hospital yesterday, three days after a successful operation to remove a cataract from his left eye, the palace announced.

“King Fahd left King Faisal Specialist Hospital Thursday afternoon after having a successful surgery on a cataract in his left eye,” the palace said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The king had an operation to remove a cataract from his right eye last July in Geneva.