Manning 'partly paralysed' from minor stroke

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):

Former prime Minister Patrick Manning remains "partly paralysed" at a public hospital yesterday, his wife Hazel Manning has said.

Manning was rushed to the San Fernando General Hospital on Monday night suffering from what his office said had been a "minor stroke".

It said Manning, 66, was "undergoing tests" at the medical institution.

Mrs Manning, a former govern-ment minister, confirmed earlier media reports that he had become paralysed on the right side of his body, but did not say whether doctors were travelling from Cuba, where the former prime minister had been undergoing medical treatment in recent years.

"He is partially paralysed, but he is attempting to get up and he is recognising people, he is recognising what is being said," she said, adding that the doctors treating him "are pleased with what they are seeing".

"He is attempting to talk, right now they are making sure he rests and, hopefully, by tomorrow (today) and the next day they will be able to tell us exactly what is happening.

"Say some prayers for him and let's see what's going to happen," Mrs Manning told reporters.