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Sharon'still in critical condition despite improvement
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-08 08:38
Jerusalem Hadassah Hospital Director Shlomo Mor-Yosef said Saturday evening
that the latest CT scan of the brain of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed a
slight improvement, but his overall condition remains critical.
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| Shlomo Mor-Yosef,
Hadassah Hospital director, updates the media on Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's medical condition outside the hospital in Jerusalem January
7, 2006. | Sharon, who is fighting for his life
after suffering a severe stroke and cerebral hemorrhage Wednesday night, was
taken for a procedural CT scan Saturday morning to check for internal bleeding
and examine intra-cranial pressure following surgical intervention the day
before.
"The prime minister is currently in intensive care. During the
Sabbath, he underwent a scheduled CT scan," Mor-Yosef told reporters outside the
hospital. "Intra-cranial pressure is normal, pulse, blood pressure are normal.
These measurements indicate stability," he added.
He said the CT scan shows that the condition of the left part of Sharon's
brain is better than the right part. He concluded that Sharon's life is still in
danger, and his condition remains critical but stable.
Mor-Yosef said, however, that the current treatment is aimed at keeping the
prime minister alive.
"First we have to stabilize the situation and fight for the life of the prime
minister," he said.
"We people are optimistic. But I can not say that the prime minister has come
out of danger," the hospital director added. "There are very slight signs of
improvement. But the condition is still critical," he said.
Mor-Yosef said the hospital's specialists in various fields will meet
Saturday morning to discuss when to bring Sharon out of the medically induced
coma. They will also discuss the course of treatment for the next 24 hours, he
said.
Sharon remained heavily sedated and on respirator in intensive care unit
Saturday, a day after he underwent a third operation in two days aimed at
relieving intra-cranial pressure.
Meanwhile, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Shimon Peres on Friday
to discuss the future of the Kadima party and the continuing of policies that
Kadima's founder, Ariel Sharon, began.
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