BAGHDAD - A doctor who oversees Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s medical care said the president is able to speak and understand people around him as he recovers from a stroke he suffered over two months ago.
In an interview, Dr Najmaldin Karim described the improvement in the president’s health as encouraging. Karim oversees Talabani’s medical care when he is in Iraq, although the president is currently in Germany. Karim says he is hopeful Talabani will be able to return to Iraq, but said any decision rests with the doctors treating him in Germany.