Survival chances ‘pretty good’ for Israel’s Peres: doctor

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Hemi Peres (L), the son of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, talks to journalists outside the Sheba Medical Centre at Tel HaShomer near the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on September 13, 2016. Israel's ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres suffered a stroke and the 93-year-old was being treated at a hospital near Tel Aviv, his office said. Peres was admitted to Sheba Medical Centre at Tel HaShomer "after suffering a stroke," his office said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
Hemi Peres (L), the son of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, talks to journalists outside the Sheba Medical Centre at Tel HaShomer near the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on September 13, 2016.
Israel’s ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres suffered a stroke and the 93-year-old was being treated at a hospital near Tel Aviv, his office said. Peres was admitted to Sheba Medical Centre at Tel HaShomer “after suffering a stroke,” his office said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / 

JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — The chances of survival for former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres are “pretty good”, his personal doctor and son-in-law said Wednesday after the 93-year-old suffered a major stroke.

“His condition is critical but stable,” Raphy Walden told journalists on a conference call. “Chances of survival are pretty good.”

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