Saturday 7 June 2008

Naomi Campbell recovering following operation

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is recuperating after being discharged from hospital following surgery.
Last week, she underwent four-and-a-half hours of surgery at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to remove a cyst.
The hospital said over the weekend that Campbell had recovered "very well" and left in a helicopter after being discharged on Friday afternoon.
Mirtes Bogea, spokeswoman for the Sirio Libanes hospital, said: "Doctors signed her release and she left in the afternoon in a helicopter that someone sent to pick her up."
Meanwhile Campbell hit out at "ludicrous" reports she was planning a party.
The Brazilian press reported that the 37-year-old planned to throw a lavish party on the day she left hospital.
But the model said in a statement: "I take my health very seriously, so to suggest that I would host a party following an operation is ludicrous.
"I would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes and concern over the past week and for the fantastic service I have received at the hospital. I will now be recuperating in private."
The Streatham-born model underwent a four-and-a-half hour laparoscopy procedure on Monday.
A friend said: "The suggestion that she would throw a party as soon as she leaves is ridiculous and makes light of what she has been through over the last few days."