IPNEWS: Former Vice President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has been discharged from the ELWA Hospital, following a day of being admitted.
Unity Party Chairman, Rev. Luther J. Tarpeh, told IPNEWS Wednesday that the Unity Party Standard Bearer is in good health and has now returned home after doctors discharged him early Wednesday morning January 11.
“I think the news was sensationalized. Former Vice President Boakai is more energetic as Unity Party prepares to face President George Weah in the ensuing October 2023 Legislative and Presidential Elections.”
“It was nothing serious as been reported. Former Vice President Boakai was advised to take bed rest as part of his regular annual medical routine,” Rev. Tarpeh told IPNEWS.
It may be recalled, news broke up late Tuesday, January 10 of the former Vice President being hospitalized.
According GNN, news outlet, the 80-year-old former Vice President has not been well and that he may have suffered from hemorrhagic stroke.
According to medical research, a stroke happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off, killing brain cells. Damage to the brain can affect how the body works. It can also change how you think and feel. The effects of a stroke depend on where it takes place in the brain, and how big the damaged area is.
