Paris, Oct 29, SPA -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will betreated at a military hospital outside Paris, the FrenchDefense Ministry said Friday. Arafat will be taken to the Hopital d'Instruction desArmees de Percy, a military hospital with a major traumacenter, a ministry spokesman said. Christian Estripeau, head of communications for militaryhealth services, said Percy, which opened in February 1996,is one of nine military hospitals in France. It has 430beds and a staff of 1,200, including 110 physicians. Although a military facility, it is open to civilians. "It was the hospital that seemed best suited to the needsof Mr. Arafat," said Estripeau. --SPA1251 Local Time 0951 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/214072
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