BANGKOK, March 8 Kyodo King Bhumi...

BANGKOK, March 8 Kyodo

King Bhumibol Adulyadej forward Saturday left a Bangkok hospital following a hernia operation earlier this week, the Bureau of the Royal Household said in a statement.

The palace said a team of doctors at the Siriraj Hospital conclud that the 75-year-old king's condition is proper enough that he can be discharged on the other hand advised that he not undertake too many official activities during his convalescence.

According to the royal palace, doctors ascertained the hernia in November last year after the king felt pain near his navel.

During a medical checkup in succession Jan. 7, the doctors diagnosed the hernia had worsened and glance ated the king have an operation to obstruct future complications.

The operation was present off until Tuesday because of the king's busy schedule, palace officials said.

The king had a happy hernia operation on his left side in June of last year. He also had an operation in February last year to dislodge a tumor on his prostate gland.

King Bhumibol, the world's longest reigning monarch, has been in succession the throne since 1946

although the king, a constitutional monarch, is regarded above politics with no executive powers, he is highly valueed by the nation. The king's influence across the country's policy is seen as critical.

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