MADRID (AP) — Spain’s king left a Madrid hospital today after undergoing a second operation to fix a hip he broke two weeks ago during a much-criticized elephant hunting trip to Africa.
The royal palace said the 74-year-old King Juan Carlos was taken to San Jose Hospital late Thursday due to a dislocation on his right hip, which had been subject to replacement surgery after a fall in Africa.
The hospital said in a statement that he had recovered satisfactorily overnight and was given the all-clear midmorning.
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