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W.H.O. Chief Dies After Surgery

By JOHN O'NEIL and LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Published: May 22, 2006
Dr. Lee Jong Wook, director general of the World Health Organization, died
in Geneva this morning after undergoing emergency brain surgery for a blood
clot on Saturday, the organization said in a statement.

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Lee Jong-wook, director of the World Health Organisation, looking on during
a press conference at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2005.
He was 61 and had led the health organization since 2003.

Dr. Anderes Nordstrom, currently its assistant director general for general
management, will become the organization's temporary leader, the statement
said.

The weeklong meeting, called the World Health Assembly, gathers
representatives of the 192 member countries of the W. H. O. to approve
plans and make other critical decisions about policies and work. Steps to
prepare for and respond to any influenza pandemic will be a main topic of
the meeting.

Dr. Lee, 61, a South Korean, fell ill at a luncheon on Saturday in Geneva
at the beginning of a weeklong meeting called the World Health Assembly. He
complained of a severe headache and later vomited, an official who was
present said. Paramedics took him to the Cantonal Hospital in Geneva.
Surgeons found that he had a blood clot on the brain known as a subdural
hematoma and removed it.

Such clots often follow injuries to the head like those from a fall. But
the W.H.O. said Dr. Lee had been in good health and was not known to have
had any such injury. The clot also could have resulted from a bleeding
artery in his brain. The meeting gathers representatives of the 192 member
countries of the W. H. O. to approve plans and make other critical
decisions about policies and work. Steps to prepare for and respond to any
influenza pandemic will be a main topic of the meeting.

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