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Politics
7:07 pm
Sat March 24, 2012

Detroit mayor undergoes surgery, will remain in hospital for 5 to 7 more days

Credit (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio)
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing (file photo)

DETROIT (AP) — Mayor Dave Bing has had surgery Saturday to repair a perforation of his intestines and is expected to remain in a Detroit hospital for five to seven days.

Dr. Scott Dulchavsky, chair of surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, says in a release the procedure was successful and the 68-year-old Bing "is resting comfortably."

Dulchavsky says he expects a "faster than normal recovery."

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