PM tweets: 'Thanks CBH'
THE Prime Minister has praised staff at Cairns Base Hospital after his wife was admitted overnight.
Ms Rein left hospital about 9am after undergoing tests for viruses.
On Twitter about 10.30am, Mr Rudd conveyed thanks to staff on behalf of his wife Therese Rein.
"T wanted to thank all the staff at Cairns Hospital who were fantastic," he wrote.
Pictures: Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein in Cairns
He thanked the Australian public for their get-well messages.
"I picked her up this morning and she's feeling great," he wrote.
"Thanks from T and I for all the good wishes over her unexpected visit to hospital here in Cairns overnight."
Ms Rein is in Cairns to lead the spouses' program as part of the Pacific Islands Forum.
Ms Rein had just returned from climbing Tanzania’s gruelling Mt Kilimanjaro.
Ms Rein ate the same fish dish as other members of the Pacific Islands Forum delegation at a function at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park last night and no other members of the party have reported any illness.
Mr Rudd and Health and Ageing Minister Nicola Roxon will take a Cairns Base Hospital tour and open a one-hour forum on the future direction of health services at 1pm today.
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Chirpy and twittering: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd leaves hospital with his wife Therese Rein. Picture: MARC McCORMACK
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