RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will remain in hospital
after undergoing tests including a colonoscopy, state media reported Sunday.
The kingdom has for years sought to quell
speculation over the health of the 86-year-old monarch, who has ruled the
world’s top oil exporter since 2015.
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He entered King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the
coastal city of Jeddah on Saturday “to conduct some medical examinations”, according
to an official report, citing a royal court statement.
On Sunday afternoon doctors performed a colonoscopy
“and the result was sound”, the Saudi Press Agency later said.
“The medical team decided to keep him in the
hospital for some time to rest,” the report said.
It is rare for the secretive kingdom to report on
King Salman’s medical condition.
In 2017, Saudi Arabia dismissed reports and mounting
speculation the king was planning to abdicate in favor of his son Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s ruler.
King Salman underwent surgery to remove his gall
bladder in 2020.
He was most recently hospitalized in March, for what
state media described as “successful medical tests” and to change the battery
of his pacemaker.
Under his rule, Saudi Arabia has launched ambitious
economic reforms for a post-oil era and given more rights to women, while
adopting a more assertive foreign policy including entering a war in
neighboring Yemen.
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