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GERMAN HOSTAGE RENATE WALLERT IN GOOD HEALTH: DOCTORS GOETTINGEN, Germany, July 19 (AFP)
- Renate Wallert, the German hostage freed by Islamic rebels in the Philippines after 12
weeks in captivity, is in "surprisingly good condition", said German doctors who
examined her Tuesday.
She was admitted to the
University Clinic in her hometown of Goettingen early Tuesday, shortly after her arrival
from Manila. Wallert was released Monday after 85 days in captivity on the southern
Philippines island of Jolo.
The head of the clinic's
emergency unit, Gerhard Mueller, said Wallert's blood pressure and circulation were stable
and she had not had a heart attack during her detention as reported by the press.
She was discharged Tuesday
afternoon and a hospital spokesman said no serious ailments had been diagnosed.
The hospital did not reveal
where she was headed, although she had previously expressed the wish to return to her
home.
Mueller said the 56-year-old,
who suffers from high blood pressure, appeared to have suffered from dehydration.
However the doctor said it was
impossible to "correctly evaluate" the trauma she had suffered.
A psychiatrist who examined
Wallert reportedly said he was confident she would recover, but that it could take
"weeks or even years" for her to put the ordeal behind her.
Thirty-eight people, including
Wallert's husband and her younger son Marc, are still held by the Muslim separatist group
Abu Sayyaf on Jolo.
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