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Mayor Rob Ford was treated for kidney stones in a Toronto hospital Thursday but has returned home, his spokeswoman said.

The Mayor had been feeling unwell at City Hall on Wednesday and went to hospital on Thursday.

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Adrienne Batra, the Mayor’s press secretary, said he was treated on an out-patient basis and that despite some pain he was still able to get some work in.

“He is still returning phone calls, he is still talking to constituents and he is still open for business,” she told reporters Thursday.

“For anyone who has had kidney stones, it can be kind of painful but I can assure you that this is nothing serious and it’s being treated.”

Batra sent a message out late in the afternoon saying that the Mayor was resting at home and some of the pain had subsided. He will be seeing a urologist on Friday for the approximately 5 to 6 mm kidney stone.

It is not clear when he will return to City Hall. Asked what the Mayor’s reaction was to the OCAP protesters

, Ms. Batra said: “He’s a little preoccupied right now.”

Mayor Ford had a health scare when he was a councillor in 2009 when doctors discovered a tumour on his appendix. Doctors removed his appendix and part of his colon, and he was back at work within a few weeks.

A kidney stone is a solid mass of tiny crystals that is painful but usually can be removed from the body without causing permanent damage.