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President leaves hospital

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, FEB. 8. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was today discharged from the Army Hospital Research and Referral Centre, a day after a corrective procedure was performed on him to set right his fractured right shoulder.

"The President has shown very good recovery. He is in fine health. His right shoulder joint has been immobilised for the time being for proper healing following which gradual physiotherapy will be started," an Army Hospital bulletin said.

According to the Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman, S.M. Khan, the President also visited the laboratory of the Army Hospital. He expressed good wishes to the hospital staff and met a few children in the reception area. In the morning, the Army Chief, J.J. Singh, visited him in the hospital.

Later, a number of visitors called on Mr. Kalam in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. A few Governors, Ajay Singh (Assam), M.M. Jacob (Meghalaya), Pratibha Patil (Rajasthan), Rameshwar Thakur (Orissa) and Ram Kapse (Andaman and Nicobar), were among them.

The Leader of the Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party president, L.K. Advani, and the Janata Dal (United) leader, George Fernandes, also called on Mr. Kalam.

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