Moscow - President Boris Yeltsin was rushed to hospital yesterday with an acute bleeding ulcer, a fresh health crisis that renewed doubts about his fitness to govern.
The Russian leader was in a stable condition in the Central Clinical Hospital, undergoing a course of anti-ulcer treatment, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.
"He has been strictly ordered by doctors to remain in his hospital bed over the next few days," the spokesman added. The development was Mr Yeltsin's most serious health scare since he was admitted to hospital on November 23rd with pneumonia.
The Prime Minister, Mr Evgeny Primakov, said it had not created "any unusual situation" in Russia, according to ITARTASS.