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Wife of Israeli president rushed to hospital, Rivlin on way back from Canada

Nechama Rivlin, 73, was suffering from a “severe shortness of breath with a cardiac link,” according to Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, where the operation occurred and where she is currently hospitalized.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin's wife, Nechama, awarded certificates of appreciation to 150 young people with disabilities who will finish their national service, July 4, 2017. Credit: Meir Goldstein via Wikimedia Commons.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin's wife, Nechama, awarded certificates of appreciation to 150 young people with disabilities who will finish their national service, July 4, 2017. Credit: Meir Goldstein via Wikimedia Commons.

Nechama Rivlin, the wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday evening after experiencing heart complications more than a few weeks after receiving a lung transplant.

Rivlin, 73, was suffering from a “severe shortness of breath with a cardiac link,” according to a statement from Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, where the operation occurred and where she is currently hospitalized.

The hospital said she has been sedated and is on respiratory support.

Her husband, who is 79, cut short his trip to Canada and is scheduled to be on the next Air Canada flight home, which departs around midnight Israel time and will land in Israel at 9 a.m. local time, reported The Times of Israel.

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