LONDON — 13 days after he was first hospitalized, Prince Philip was on Monday transferred to a second London hospital, growing issues over the well being of the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth.
Buckingham Palace mentioned in an announcement that docs would proceed to deal with him for an an infection however would additionally “undertake testing and statement for a pre-existing coronary heart situation.”
“The Duke stays comfy and is responding to therapy however is anticipated to stay in hospital till no less than the top of the week,” the transient assertion mentioned, including that he had been transferred to St. Bartholomew’s hospital in London.
Prince Philip was initially taken to King Edward VII’s Hospital on Feb. 16 as a precaution after feeling unwell. In line with British media reviews, he was transferred by ambulance at round 11 a.m. on Monday to St Bartholomew’s, an internationally famend hospital with particular experience in cardiac care.
In December 2011, Prince Philip obtained therapy for a blocked coronary artery. On the time, Buckingham Palace mentioned he had efficiently undergone a “minimally invasive process of coronary stenting” after struggling chest pains.
Throughout his latest keep in hospital Prince Philip has been visited by his son Prince Charles, who’s inheritor to the throne.
Prince Philip was vaccinated in opposition to Covid-19 in January as was Queen Elizabeth, who’s aged 94, and who has urged others to take up provides of the vaccine.