FIFA ex-president Blatter was in coma after heart surgery, daughter says


FILE PHOTO: Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrives before a commemoration service for the former coach of the Swiss national soccer team Koebi Kuhn at the Grossmuenster church in Zurich, Switzerland December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter spent a week in an artificially induced coma after heart surgery last month, his daughter has told Swiss media.

"Just before Christmas, he had to go to the hospital for heart surgery," Corinne Blatter said in an interview with CH Media, adding the operation had been expected to be routine.

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