PM Netanyahu Undergoes Heartrate Loop Recorder Implant, Released Sunday From Hospital

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Netanyahu was released Sunday morning from Tel Hashomer-Sheba hospital where he had been hospitalized after feeling unwell and dizzy.

A statement from the Prime Minister’s office on Sunday morning said that “this morning, Prime Minister Netanyahu continued to undergo tests at the Sheba Medical Center. The tests are normal, his condition is very good and he is expected to be released later today.”

The 73-yearold Netanyahu underwent significant tests in the cardiology department. Ynet reported that a monitoring device, known as an internal loop recorder (ILR) was implanted to test, among other things, heart rate activity.

Professor Yehuda Adler, a cardiology specialist and medical director, told Ynet Live Sunday morning that the monitor is a device that tests for arrhythmias. “We must rule out serious conduction disturbances in the heart, so they did the catheterization test for him. The whole dilemma here was whether it was just dehydration or if there is a heart rhythm problem here, and I think that at Sheba Hospital they did an outstanding job.”

Netanyahu remained overnight for observation in the cardiology department on the recommendation of the doctors at Sheba Hospital.

On Friday the prime minister went on a boat trip in the Sea of Galilee as well as spending time there on Saturday morning. In a Saturday night video posted from hospital, Netanyahu said that “Yesterday I spent time with my wife in the Kinneret in the sun, without a hat, without water, not a good idea.” Netanyahu thanked the doctors and advised the public not to spend too much time in the sun during the current heat wave.

ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו: “אני מרגיש טוב, תודה לכם על הדאגה” pic.twitter.com/V93Bp65Dsm

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His office reported that, according to the initial assessment in the emergency room, the prime minister was said to be suffering from dehydration.

Those around Netanyahu said that he was brought from Caesarea to the hospital in his convoy, and that he arrived there fully conscious and left the vehicle walking independently.

The Prime Minister received initial treatment from a paramedic of the Shin Bet’s Personal Security Unit (Unit 730), and they were also the ones who evacuated him to the hospital.
A few hours later, the prime minister published a video from the hospital in which he said: “Thank you all for your concern. I also want to thank the excellent teams at Sheba who examined me, God willing, I feel very well.”