Czech Republic in post-vote limbo after president taken sick
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Milos Zeman admitted to intensive care, raising risk of political vacuum following shock defeat for prime minister in election.
The Czech Republic has been plunged into uncertainty after President Milos Zeman was rushed to hospital a day after his ally, populist billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis, suffered a shock defeat in the country’s general election.
The 77-year-old president, who plays a critical role in nominating any future prime minister, was taken to hospital by ambulance shortly after meeting Babis and appeared to be unconscious on arrival, with someone seen holding up his head.
Miroslav Zavoral, Director of the Central Military Hospital in Prague, said the president, who has liver problems according to local media and uses a wheelchair because of neuropathy in his legs, was admitted due to complications related to an undisclosed chronic condition.
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