Supreme Patriarch recovering well from surgery
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His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, is recovering from surgery performed at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital on Monday night to treat a bacterial infection of the intestine.
Phra Sakaya Wisutthiwong, his secretary assistant, said on Tuesday that the 100-year-old revered monk was responding well to treatment and had no complications. His Holiness would remain in hospital under close surveillance to prevent infection to the surgical wound, he added.
