WORLD / Middle East
Ariel Sharon out of intensive care
(AP)
Updated: 2006-11-06 18:41
JERUSALEM - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was taken out of
intensive care Monday morning, four days after he was admitted for a
dangerous infection, the Chaim Sheba Medical Center announced.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spreaks during the weekly cabinet
meeting at his Jerusalem office, Sunday, July 17, 2005. Former Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon was taken Friday to an intensive care unit after
his overall condition and heart function deteriorated, a spokesman for
the hospital said Friday Nov. 3, 2006. [AP]
Sharon, comatose since suffering a stroke in January, had been moved to
intensive care on Thursday when the infection attacked his heart.
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The hospital said Monday that doctors treated the infection and
transferred Sharon back to the respiratory ward, where he has been
hospitalized since being moved to Sheba from a Jerusalem hospital in May.
Sharon had a small stroke in December and was put on blood thinners
before experiencing a severe brain hemorrhage on January 4 and falling
into a coma.
Sharon, 78, has undergone several extensive brain operations to stop
cerebral hemorrhaging, in addition to several minor procedures. He was
rushed to intensive care in July for dialysis after his kidneys began
failing, but was transferred back to Sheba after his condition improved.
Experts have speculated that because of the severity of his stroke,
Sharon, Israel's prime minister from 2001 to 2006, is unlikely to regain
consciousness.
Sharon's stroke came just months after he ended Israel's 38-year
occupation of the Gaza Strip and bolted his hard-line Likud Party to form
the centrist Kadima faction. After the stroke, Sharon's successor, Ehud
Olmert, led Kadima to victory in a March 28 vote and became prime
minister.
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