Campbell on mend after cyst op (From Richmond and Twickenham Times)

Campbell on mend after cyst op

10:48am Monday 3rd March 2008

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Supermodel Naomi Campbell is recuperating after being discharged from hospital following surgery.

Earlier this week, she underwent four-and-a-half hours of surgery at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to remove a cyst.

The hospital said that Campbell had recovered "very well" and left in a helicopter after being discharged.

Mirtes Bogea, spokeswoman for the Sirio Libanes hospital, said: "Doctors signed her release and she left in the afternoon in a helicopter that someone sent to pick her up."

Meanwhile Campbell hit out at "ludicrous" reports she was planning a party.

The Brazilian press reported that the 37-year-old planned to throw a lavish party on the day she left hospital.

But the model said in a statement: "I take my health very seriously, so to suggest that I would host a party following an operation is ludicrous.

"I would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes and concern over the past week and for the fantastic service I have received at the hospital. I will now be recuperating in private."

The Streatham-born model underwent a four-and-a-half hour laparoscopy procedure on Monday.

A friend said: "The suggestion that she would throw a party as soon as she leaves is ridiculous and makes light of what she has been through over the last few days."

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