Former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing hospitalized

Former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing hospitalized in Tours (Archives) -

The former President of the Republic, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has been hospitalized since Sunday evening at the CHU Trousseau in Tours, we learned on Monday from concordant sources.

Aged 94, "VGE", who was staying on his property in Authon (Loir-et-Cher), was admitted to "the cardiology department" of the Tours hospital, said his entourage.

For his part, the president of the departmental council of Loir-et-Cher Nicolas Perruchot assured that at the time of his care, Sunday evening, "there was no criterion of seriousness".

"Heart failure"

"He was evacuated by helicopter, but I believe that it is the usual procedure when one is a former President of the Republic", he added, specifying that he had had "reassuring news at the beginning of the post. noon »Monday.

According to his entourage, the former President would have had "heart failure".

From the same source, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing "is very tired but he is better than yesterday and this morning".

According to his relatives, the former head of state (1974-1981) however manages to speak.

His wife Anne-Aymone saw him on Monday and will return to see him on Tuesday.

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was hospitalized for a few days in mid-September at the Georges-Pompidou hospital for a slight infection in the lungs.

Doctors had, however, ruled out an infection with the coronavirus, according to his office, which then spoke of "a treatment of a few days".

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