Hussein heads to US for urgent treatment. Prince Abdullah sworn in as crown prince.

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: January 27, 1999| Author: Jerusalem Post Staff and news agencies; David Zev Harris | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

01-27-1999

AMMAN - King Hussein left for urgent medical treatment in the United States yesterday after suffering what his doctor described as a possible recurrence of cancer. Hussein, 63, returned home only seven days previously after six months of treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Lt.-Gen. Samir Farraj, Hussein's private physician, said he suffered from "low blood counts and fever and I...

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