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Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones is set to be named as the Welsh assembly's deputy first minister, while Rhodri Morgan remains in hospital after an operation. | |
Mr Morgan, 67, was treated for two partially-blocked arteries and is due to stay in hospital for a few days. | |
Two "stents" were inserted in a "standard surgical procedure" and Mr Morgan was conscious throughout. | Two "stents" were inserted in a "standard surgical procedure" and Mr Morgan was conscious throughout. |
Plaid has sealed a coalition with Mr Morgan's Labour and Mr Jones is set to become deputy first minister this week. | |
Business Minister Jane Hutt said she would be visiting Mr Morgan in hospital and it was expected that a formal request would then be faxed to the Queen to appoint Mr Jones. | |
Alongside Health Minister Edwina Hart, Mr Jones is then set to represent Wales at a ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of the Third Battle of Ypres at Paschendele on Thursday. | |
I met Rhodri at the hospital and he was in very good spirits Jane Hutt's statement | |
Mrs Hutt added that announcements to reveal the new reshuffled cabinet would not take place until after the assembly went into recess at the end of this week. Coalition talks had been delayed by Mr Morgan's illness. | |
Mr Morgan had been reported on Monday morning to be suffering from "gastric problems". | Mr Morgan had been reported on Monday morning to be suffering from "gastric problems". |
His wife Julie, Cardiff North MP, said he had been in "terrible pain and alarmed", and had attributed his discomfort to eating chillies. | His wife Julie, Cardiff North MP, said he had been in "terrible pain and alarmed", and had attributed his discomfort to eating chillies. |
After spending the night in Llandough Hospital in Penarth, he was transferred to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, for an angiogram. | |
A statement from Jane Hutt read: "Rhodri Morgan will not be at the assembly this week as he recovers from the procedure carried out at the University of Wales Hospital. | |
"I met Rhodri at the hospital and he was in very good spirits." | |
Back at work | |
Dr Clive Weston, consultant cardiologist at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, told BBC Wales that the insertion of two stents should allow Mr Morgan to return to good health. | Dr Clive Weston, consultant cardiologist at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, told BBC Wales that the insertion of two stents should allow Mr Morgan to return to good health. |
However, he also warned that the need for the procedure was a clear suggestion that Mr Morgan was a candidate for a heart attack. | However, he also warned that the need for the procedure was a clear suggestion that Mr Morgan was a candidate for a heart attack. |
Rhodri is a remarkably robust and resilient person and I'm sure he will bounce back to full public life sooner rather than later. Welsh Secretary Peter Hain | Rhodri is a remarkably robust and resilient person and I'm sure he will bounce back to full public life sooner rather than later. Welsh Secretary Peter Hain |
He thought that his condition was likely to have been aggravated by stress, and that Mr Morgan may now need to reassess his lifestyle. | He thought that his condition was likely to have been aggravated by stress, and that Mr Morgan may now need to reassess his lifestyle. |
Asked how soon the first minister might return to work, he said that in general, a patient would need to wait a few weeks before returning to work. | Asked how soon the first minister might return to work, he said that in general, a patient would need to wait a few weeks before returning to work. |
Welsh secretary Peter Hain said: "Rhodri is a remarkably robust and resilient person and I'm sure he will bounce back to full public life sooner rather than later." | Welsh secretary Peter Hain said: "Rhodri is a remarkably robust and resilient person and I'm sure he will bounce back to full public life sooner rather than later." |
On Monday, Mr Morgan and Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones had been due to discuss how many cabinet seats - and which posts - Plaid will fill after both parties voted for a coalition deal at the weekend. |