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Mayor of the Estonian capital city Tallinn Edgar Savisaar has been hospitalized for pneumonia suspicions.
Savisaar taken to hospital for pneumonia suspicions
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According to PR director of the city government Ain Saarna, Savisaar was just at a conference in Thailand and the change of climate probably took a toll on his health. «He also went to the funeral of [comedian] Eino Baskin and coughed there terribly,» Saarna added.
Tallinn Deputy Mayor Kalle Klandorf will be the acting mayor while mayor and chairman of the Center Party Edgar Savisaar is in a hospital in Tartu for pneumonia suspicions.
According to the Center Party Savisaar has taken out vacation days. «We ask everyone to respect the privacy of Edgar Savisaar and his next of kin,» spokespeople for the party added.
Aadu Must, member of the Center Party and Savisaar's friend, told BNS that when Savisaar had bigger health issues he was also in Tartu. He added that Savisaar has a good relationship with the doctors of Tartu.
He did not want to give an answer to the question on whether Savisaar got sick while he was in Tartu or if he was specially transported from Tallinn to Tartu.