Publication: The Mercury
Issued:
Date: 2006-12-20
Reporter: Sapa
Convicted
Durban businessman, Schabir Shaik, underwent investigative surgery on Monday.
His brother, Mo Shaik, confirmed that Schabir had had an angiogram at St
Augustine's Hospital. He said the procedure had been performed after his
brother's doctors had become concerned about "swelling in the heart".
There was concern that Shaik either had a clogged or partly blocked
artery.
Mo said he had not seen the physician's report after the
procedure.
Shaik was admitted to St Augustine's at the end of November,
apparently after suffering a stroke.
Mo said his brother was still under
medication and his high blood pressure fluctuated "all the time".
Shaik
was convicted on two counts of corruption and one count of fraud and is serving
a 15-year sentence. However, he has so far spent most of his sentence at St
Augustine's Hospital.
A cardiac angiogram involves inserting a catheter
into an artery or vein near the elbow or the groin and then guiding it into the
heart.
With acknowledgements to Sapa and The Mercury.