ECB's Nowotny in hospital after routine operation

Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:42pm BST
 
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VIENNA (Reuters) - European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny was in hospital on Saturday after a routine operation on Friday led to a minor complication, the medical chief of Vienna's Wilhelminen hospital said.

The complication was easily treatable and the hospital expected Nowotny to recover quickly, Wilhelminen hospital's Dr. Barbara Hoernlein said in a statement.

The statement gave no further details.

Nowotny, who is 64, assumed his position as governor of the Austrian central bank at the beginning of last month.

(Reporting by Boris Groendahl)

 
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