Chirac still in hospital, family says after death rumours

AFP, PARIS: Former French president Jacques Chirac is still in hospital in Paris, his family said Wednesday following rumours that the 83-year-old had died.
“President Chirac is being treated for a lung infection and I want to pay homage to the exceptional quality of the medical teams,” Chirac’s son-in-law Frederick Salat-Baroux told AFP.
Chirac was hospitalised Sunday. Rumours he had died were sparked early Wednesday when former housing minister Christine Boutin tweeted “Mort de #Chirac” (death of #Chirac).
Salat-Baroux, husband of Chirac’s daughter Claude, asked for the family’s “tranquility” to be respected during Chirac’s hospitalisation.
Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, had just returned from a visit to Morocco with his wife Bernadette when he was admitted to Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris.

 

Chirac still in hospital, family says after death rumours

AFP, PARIS: Former French president Jacques Chirac is still in hospital in Paris, his family said Wednesday following rumours that the 83-year-old had died. President Chirac is being treated for a lung infection and I want to pay homage to the exceptional quality of the medical teams, Chiracs son-in-law Frederick Salat-Baroux told AFP. Chirac was hospitalised Sunday. Rumours he had died were sparked early Wednesday when former housing minister Christine Boutin tweeted Mort de #Chirac (death of #Chirac). Salat-Baroux, husband of Chiracs daughter Claude, asked for the familys tranquility to be respected during Chiracs hospitalisation. Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, had just returned from a visit to Morocco with his wife Bernadette when he was admitted to Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris.