Doctors treating Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta's injuries said Wednesday that the president could go back home in about a month.
The Australian Associated Press quoted Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) surgeon Professor Carson as saying that "Everything is looking very, very good."
The president, who underwent a third operation on Wednesday for wounds suffered in an assassination attempt Monday morning, was transferred from Dili to Darwin Monday afternoon.
Carson said it seemed the president had been shot twice in the back, with two entry and one exit wound, but "all the wounds are looking very healthy."
Ramos-Horta remained serious but stable and heavily sedated in the hospital.
Carson said several more operations were planned and the president would probably remain sedated until his next operation on Friday or Saturday.
Asked how long until the president could leave hospital, Prof Carson replied, "All being well I would imagine two weeks...probably another week or so of rest locally before jumping on a plane.
"I would imagine in several weeks he will begin to be mobile and it will probably take six weeks before he is feeling 90 percent good and perhaps six months before he's feeling entirely over such an injury," the doctor said.
Source: Xinhua/Agencies
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