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Martelly returns after undergoing surgery
Haitian President Michel Martelly (pictured), returned to Haiti on Thursday after doctors in Miami performed surgery on his left shoulder.
The 50-year-old leader said the operation was to relieve pain in the shoulder that he had bothered him for more than five years because of his previous career as a musician.
Before he was elected president early this year, Martelly spent more than 20 years playing keyboard and singing under the stage name “Sweet Micky.”
“Every time I lifted the left arm I had pain,” he told reporters at the airport’s diplomatic lounge, his arm in a sling. “I’ve come back strong and healthy.”
He added that he also sometimes feels pain in his right shoulder, which may require surgery in the future.
Martelly left last week for the United States, saying he was going for medical treatment but without specifying the problem.
