Spain's king to undergo back hernia operation

Celebrity February 21, 2013

Spain's king to undergo back hernia operation

Photo: AP Spain's King Juan Carlos leaves after the official opening of the Parliament, in Madrid. Spain's royal palace says King Juan Carlos will undergo surgery next month for a lower back disc hernia. It will be the 75-year-old monarch's second operation in recent months. He had hip surgery last November. The palace said the king will undergo the hernia operation in a Madrid hospital on Mar. 3, 2013.

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MADRID (AP) — Spain's royal palace says King Juan Carlos will undergo surgery next month for a lower back disc hernia.

It will be the 75-year-old monarch's second operation in recent months. He had hip surgery last November. The palace said the king will undergo the hernia operation in a Madrid hospital on Mar. 3. The king has had several other health issues in the past two years, including knee surgery and the removal of a benign lung tumor.

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- Madrid,
- Western Europe,
- Europe

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