JEDDAH, 1 June 2005 — Interior Minister Prince Naif yesterday reported significant improvement in the health of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd and said the king would soon leave hospital.
“I have been to the hospital and would like to assure you that King Fahd’s health has improved greatly and God willing he will make a speedy recovery,” the Saudi Press Agency quoted the minister as saying.
Asked whether the king had started receiving visitors, Prince Naif said the doctors had advised him not to do so. “God willing, he will receive visitors later,” he told reporters in Riyadh.
Prince Naif’s statement followed earlier assurances by Prince Sultan, second deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, who said the king’s health was improving. Prince Sultan also expressed his hope that the king would soon leave the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, where he was admitted Friday for medical examinations.
