President advised rest

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI. AUG. 26. The President, Mr. K.R. Narayanan, has, on the advice of his doctors, cancelled all his public engagements for the next fortnight.

According to a press release issued by Mr K. Satish Nambudripad, deputy press secretary to the President, the doctors attending on Mr. Narayanan have advised him not to undertake any public engagement for the next two to three weeks, in order to recoup completely.

Mr. Narayanan was admitted to the Army Research and Referral hospital in July due to a viral infection but later developed post viral muscular weakness. He returned to the Rashtrapati Bhavan after three days but was advised to take a month's rest.

On his return to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mr. Narayanan hosted a reception for freedom-fighters on August 9 and later the Independence Day reception on August 15. However, he was later advised by the doctors to take complete rest.

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