Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who has not been seen in public since he was deposed by the military, was hospitalized Tuesday evening following a brief stroke, he said. we learned from a medical source.
“After the extensive analyzes, the president was the victim of a transient ischemic attack. It is an alert, but he is recovering well for the moment,” said a doctor from the Bamako clinic where the former was admitted. head of state.
A transient ischemic attack is a stroke that usually only lasts a few minutes. It manifests as a stroke (loss of strength on one side, loss of vision, speech disorder) and constitutes a warning signal for the risk of subsequent occurrence of a heart attack.
A relative and a doctor had previously justified his hospitalization by a simple routine check which had been planned for some time. They had indicated that Mr. Keïta, 75, would return home during the day.
The doctor who reported his stroke has expressed reservations about this possibility.
“It is true that initially his return home was considered for today, but he is under observation for the moment,” said the practitioner, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was deposed by a group of officers on August 18 after seven years at the head of this country at war against the jihadists and after months of protest. He announced his resignation on television the same evening after being taken from his home by soldiers, who have since been in power.
After being held at the Kati military camp, 15 kilometers from the capital, then in an undisclosed location, he was able to return to his home in Bamako on August 27, according to the junta. He has not been seen in public since.
He is under house arrest with restricted access to the telephone and the internet, according to his entourage.
The Community of West African States had obtained from the junta that it agrees to let Mr. Keïta leave the country if necessary for medical treatment.
Mr. Keïta had undergone a jaw surgery abroad a few months ago, according to those around him. He was due to travel to the United Arab Emirates on August 19 for a check-up, but the coup thwarted the plan, a relative said.
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