The 81-year-old former head of state was taken by ambulance to the
American Hospital in Paris after suffering with excruciating pain for
two days
Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital tonight after a suspected attack of GOUT.
Fears for the 81-year-old former head of state’s health grew after an ambulance and police motorbikes were seen outside his Paris home.
He later checked into the American Hospital of Paris in the French capital’s upmarket suburb of Neuilly.
A source close to Chirac said: “There is absolutely no vital emergency.
“His leg has been hurting for two days, which is apparently related to an episode of gout that has caused him a lot of pain.”
The former centre-right president, who clashed bitterly with Margaret Thatcher over her stance on Europe, suffered a stroke in 2005 and had a successful operation on his kidney in December.
He was France’s president from 1995 to 2007 and is the only politician to have served as French prime minister twice.
He survived an assassination attempt on Bastille Day 2002 when a lone gunman with a rifle hidden in a guitar case fired towards his motorcade.
Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital tonight after a suspected attack of GOUT.
Fears for the 81-year-old former head of state’s health grew after an ambulance and police motorbikes were seen outside his Paris home.
He later checked into the American Hospital of Paris in the French capital’s upmarket suburb of Neuilly.
A source close to Chirac said: “There is absolutely no vital emergency.
“His leg has been hurting for two days, which is apparently related to an episode of gout that has caused him a lot of pain.”
The former centre-right president, who clashed bitterly with Margaret Thatcher over her stance on Europe, suffered a stroke in 2005 and had a successful operation on his kidney in December.
He was France’s president from 1995 to 2007 and is the only politician to have served as French prime minister twice.
He survived an assassination attempt on Bastille Day 2002 when a lone gunman with a rifle hidden in a guitar case fired towards his motorcade.
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