Hospital to consider Senate request for Zeman health prognosis

Officials from the Central Military Hospital say they will treat as a great matter of responsibility and urgency a request from the Senate for a prognosis of the health of Miloš Zeman with regard to his ability to perform the role of president.

Mr. Zeman was taken into the Central Military Hospital last week with what has been described as a chronic condition. The head of the hospital said the head of state had not given him permission to reveal the nature of his condition.

The president, who is 77, has type two diabetes and neuropathy of the feet that has left him in a wheelchair. His predecessor Vaclav Klaus said he was also suffering from a liver problem.