Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad will be discharged from a specialist heart hospital in the coming days after undergoing a check-up, the medical facility said Tuesday.
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The 96-year-old was admitted Thursday to the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur. His aides and the hospital had declined to give details of his condition.

The institute said in a statement that doctors were “satisfied with the results” of the check-up, and he would be discharged in the next few days.

Mahathir has had health problems in the past, suffering several heart attacks and undergoing bypass surgery.
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He has been one of Malaysia’s most dominant political figures in recent decades, serving twice as prime minister for a total of 24 years.

His first stint was from 1981 to 2003, then he made a comeback and returned as premier in 2018 at the age of 92 at the head of a reformist coalition.

But that administration collapsed in 2020 due to infighting.

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