Singapore Turns to Ex-Finance Minister After Heng Has Stroke
- Heng’s condition described as ‘stable’ by Prime Minister Lee
- Heng ‘is one of Singapore’s finest sons,’ Shanmugaratnam says
Heng Swee Keat.
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Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will cover the duties of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, who underwent surgery on Thursday after suffering a stroke during a Cabinet meeting.
Heng’s treatment helped relieve pressure in his brain from an aneurysm that led him to collapse during the meeting, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office late Thursday. The aneurysm, or weakening of a blood vessel, was successfully closed, it said.