Vice Premier Yitzhak Shamir underwent a cataract operation on his left eye Wednesday. The operation was performed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital by Prof. Hanan Zauberman, head of the ophthalmology department, who said later that the surgery was “successful.” Shamir, who was at work until shortly before the operation, is expected to be released from the hospital by Friday and to be back at his ministry very soon.
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