Betancourt leaves hospital after medical check-up: Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt on Saturday left a Paris hospital after medical tests which her sister said were "satisfactory" following her six years as a hostage of rebels in the jungle.
"The results are satisfactory. There will have to be further tests. There are some things to watch, but nothing that is cause for alarm," Astrid Betancourt told AFP.
"She must have some rest because of accumulated fatigue," she added.
The 46-year-old former hostage made a hurried entrance to the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris early Saturday without saying a word to waiting journalists. Snatched from the grip of Marxist FARC rebels in a Colombian army operation on Wednesday along with three US hostages and 11 Colombians, Betancourt arrived in France two days later on board a French presidential plane from Bogota. President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday called his counterparts in Ecuador and Argentina, Rafael Correa and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, to thank them for their support in the freeing of the hostages.
"The results are satisfactory. There will have to be further tests. There are some things to watch, but nothing that is cause for alarm," Astrid Betancourt told AFP.
"She must have some rest because of accumulated fatigue," she added.
The 46-year-old former hostage made a hurried entrance to the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris early Saturday without saying a word to waiting journalists. Snatched from the grip of Marxist FARC rebels in a Colombian army operation on Wednesday along with three US hostages and 11 Colombians, Betancourt arrived in France two days later on board a French presidential plane from Bogota. President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday called his counterparts in Ecuador and Argentina, Rafael Correa and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, to thank them for their support in the freeing of the hostages.
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