Isabelle Balkany, 74, is currently receiving “post-operative care at her home, following the discovery of cancerous tumors,” her lawyer told BFMTV on Monday.
The former first assistant of Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine) underwent at the hospital “a surgical operation for the removal of part of a lung”, informed Pierre Olivier Sur, his lawyer. “Post-operative complications appeared after the operation which lasted 5 hours,” he added.
His state of health remains extremely fragile and worrying
“His state of health remains extremely fragile and worrying,” said his counsel.
According to a source familiar with the matter at Agence France Presse Isabelle Balkany, hospitalized since her suicide attempt last February, left the hospital on Saturday and is in “convalescence” at her home in Giverny (Eure).
Pierre-Olivier Sur did not wish to confirm this information, “for three reasons: professional secrecy of a lawyer, medical secrecy and a requirement of dignity”.
Isabelle Balkany was to be summoned soon by justice. His placement under an electronic bracelet, in execution of a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion, had been revoked by justice in February, which meant incarceration. But she could not be imprisoned because of her health condition.