Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was discharged from American University of Beirut Medical Center after undergoing a minor surgery to remove a kidney stone

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was discharged from American University of Beirut Medical Center after undergoing a minor surgery to remove a kidney stone, the hospital said Saturday.

“Speaker Berri has been admitted to the AUBMC and (ex-health minister) Dr. Mohammed Jawad Khalife conducted the surgery," the hospital said. He is now in a good health, it added.

The Speaker thanked all those who wished him well, and apologized for not being able to receive any well-wishers during his recovery period.

On Friday, Berri's press office issued a statement confirming that he was admitted to hospital for a "minor surgery that ended successfully.”