NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell says Prime Minister Phillip Davis has been “ordered” to rest after disobeying doctors and overstraining himself weeks after undergoing surgery in the United States.
“So, you know he had surgery a couple of weeks ago, and as usual, we disobey our doctors and overstrain ourselves. So, he has been ordered to have bed rest for three days. So … I bring apologies on his behalf,” Mitchell said, explaining Davis’s absence from a church service to celebrate Fox Hill Day on Tuesday.
Mitchell, the parliamentary representative for Fox Hill, told reporters that Prime Minister Davis, who underwent surgery to correct sciatica, had presided over a Cabinet meeting earlier this week but took “an early break.”
Health Minister Dr. Michael Darville said last month that Prime Minister Davis had successful surgery in the United States after experiencing excruciating pain over several months while standing.
But Mitchell told reporters that the prime minister may have overexerted himself too soon after the procedure.
“He’s fine. He had an operation on his back, and you know he was at several public functions, and so on. And so, you should be more careful. We’ve been trying to tell him to slow down, slow down, slow down. He’s going to take doctor’s orders,” Mitchell said.
“He’ll be back up and running,” he added.
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