“Schmidt’s life is not in danger,” stated hospital chief physician Karl-Heinz Kuck.
Initially, however, doctors suspected that the former chancellor was suffering from a heart disease.
It is reported that he will be discharged from hospital either on August 9 or 10, reported Lenta.
Helmut Schmidt is former Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and he served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982.
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