RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 23 (UPI) -- Saudi King Fahd, who has been hospitalized for four weeks, is not suffering from any dangerous illness, an official said Thursday.
Deputy Defense Minister Prince Abdel Rahman bin Abdel Aziz said the "king does not suffer from any serious illness, and his health is improving constantly."
Fahd, 84, was admitted to King Faisal's Specialized Hospital in Riyadh May 27 after suffering from severe pneumonia.
Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said last week "the king's doctors will decide when to release him from the hospital, and according to their reports it will be soon."
Fahd's health deteriorated after he suffered a stroke in 1995, and since then his half-brother Crown Prince Abdullah has been the de facto ruler of the oil-rich kingdom.
