Possible Exile in Germany - Clinic Near Baden-Baden Considered For Mubarak

[kpete]

02/07/2011

Possible Exile in Germany
Clinic Near Baden-Baden Considered For Mubarak

By Björn Hengst and Christoph Schwennicke

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The United States government's scenario for an end to the political chaos in Egypt appears to be this: President Hosni Mubarak travels to Germany for a "prolonged health check" that would offer the 82-year-old a dignified departure. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that secret talks to that effect were being held between the US government and Egyptian military officials.

According to information obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE, plans for a possible hospital stay in Germany are far more concrete than had been assumed so far. Talks are already being held with suitable hospitals, particularly with the Max-Grundig-Klinik Bühlerhöhe in the southwestern town of Bühl near Baden-Baden, SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned from sources close to the clinic. The hospital management declined to comment.

The luxury clinic has an excellent reputation, as well as a respected oncology department, and says on its website it offers "first-class medical care" and the "comfort and service of a top hotel." Patients are accommodated in suites up to 200 square meters (2,152 square feet) in size. Former Ukrainian President Vickor Yushchenko and former Russian Economics Minister German Gref have been treated there.

In the past there have been rumors that Mubarak is suffering from cancer. During the spring of 2010, Mubarak had his gallbladder and an intestinal polyp removed in the Heidelberg University Clinic. Doctors in Heidelberg quashed the cancer rumors at the time.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,743998,00.html

[Cleita]

1. This all amounts to face saving for a stubborn old man.

If he can claim that his health is forcing him to step down, he purportedly won't be leaving in shame. BS.

[somone]

2. He'll fit right in with the Russian mafia

He even speaks Russian