TEL AVIV: The condition of Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon, described on Friday as in a “slow, gradual” decline after eight years in a coma, was unchanged yesterday, public radio said.
“At this time we cannot report any change in the condition of former prime minister Ariel Sharon,” the station reported from Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv. The 85-year-old’s health worsened on Wednesday as he suffered serious kidney problems after surgery.
“Tests show a slow, gradual deterioration in the functioning of his vital organs... His state has not changed. He’s still in critical condition, and his life is in danger,” Tel Hashomer hospital director Zeev Rotstein was quoted by public radio as saying on Friday in the last official bulletin on his condition.
“I don’t think the situation will improve with time, and we know what usually happens in cases like this,” he added. Rotstein said there were traces of infection in Sharon’s blood, and that it had not been possible for him to undergo renal dialysis since his other organs were in such a fragile state.
AFP
