Reuters/Jeddah
Senior Saudi royals and government officials have visited King Abdullah in hospital, state news agency SPA reported, a week after the monarch had surgery to tighten a ligament in his back.
SPA’s report on Saturday carried a photograph of officials and royals gathered inside the National Guard’s King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, but did not say who was allowed to see the king or when he is expected to leave hospital.
The king was admitted for surgery on November 16 and an announcement from the Royal Court said that he had undergone a successful back operation that lasted for 11 hours.
Abdullah underwent a similar operation in October last year and had back surgery twice in the US in 2010 for a herniated disc, after which he spent three months outside Saudi Arabia recuperating.
After his back operation last year, Abdullah appeared on state television two days after his surgery and was released from hospital within five days of the operation.
