Bahamas Prime Minister Phillip Davis ordered to take bed rest
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- So, he has been ordered to have bed rest for three days.
- So…I bring apologies on his behalf,” Mitchell said, explaining Davis’s absence from a church service to celebrate Fox Hill Day on Tuesday.
- Mitchell, who is the parliamentary representative for Fox Hill, told reporters that Davis, who underwent surgery to correct sciatic, had presided over a Cabinet meeting earlier this week, but took “an early break”.
- Health Minister Dr Michael Darville said last month that Davis had successful surgery in the United States after experiencing excruciating pain over the course of several months while standing.
- But Mitchell told reporters that the prime minister may have been overexerting himself too soon after the procedure.
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) —Prime Minister Phillip Davis has been “ordered” to take bed rest after apparently disobeying doctors and overstraining himself weeks after undergoing surgery in the United States, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell confirmed
“So, you know he had surgery a couple of weeks ago, and as usual, we disobey our doctors and overstrain ourselves. So, he has been ordered to have bed rest for three days. So…I bring apologies on his behalf,” Mitchell said, explaining Davis’s absence from a church service to celebrate Fox Hill Day on Tuesday.
Mitchell, who is the parliamentary representative for Fox Hill, told reporters that Davis, who underwent surgery to correct sciatic, had presided over a Cabinet meeting earlier this week, but took “an early break”.
Health Minister Dr Michael Darville said last month that Davis had successful surgery in the United States after experiencing excruciating pain over the course of several months while standing. But Mitchell told reporters that the prime minister may have been overexerting himself too soon after the procedure.
“He’s fine. He had an operation on his back and you know he was at several public functions, so on and so forth. And so, you should really be more careful. We’ve been trying to tell him slow down, slow down, slow down. He’s going to take doctor’s orders,” Mitchell said.
“He’ll be back up and running,” Mitchell added.
