Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz has been brought out of his induced coma, and his condition is "very satisfactory", doctors said on Wednesday.
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Merz suffered a heart attack on Saturday evening and underwent a quintuple bypass. He was taken off a ventilator during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, and was responsive.
His doctors added that his heart was working well, and he was expected to come out of intensive care in the next few days.
However, they were unable to say how much longer he was likely to remain in hospital.
During his absence from the finance ministry, his role is being taken by his deputy, Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.
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A permanent solution, including a resignation or a cabinet reshuffle, has to be found within three months according to law. Merz suffered a heart attack on Saturday in his hometown of Herisau in eastern Switzerland and lost consciousness. He was flown on Sunday to Bern University Hospital where he underwent a multiple bypass operation. “It…
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Heart specialist Thierry Carrel told a news conference at Bern University hospital on Sunday evening that the quintuple bypass operation had gone well but it was too early to say whether Merz’s brain would be affected. Carrel described the two-and-a-half hour operation as routine and noted that the attack had not been severe. Merz, aged…
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