Posted on 11/03/2006 4:08:50 AM PST by HAL9000
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Former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who suffered a stroke in January and has been in a coma since, was moved to an intensive care unit on Friday after a worsening in his condition, the hospital treating him said."Sharon contracted an infection that is affecting his heart and will receive intensive treatment to combat the infection," the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv said in a statement.
"At this point, his condition is stable."
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"Sharon contracted an infection that is affecting his heart and will receive intensive treatment to combat the infection,"
Why?
Exactly. Let the poor man pass, why prolong this suffering?
Poor old fellow. If it were me, I surely wouldn't want additional treatment - except for comfort care. What on earth are these people thinking?
I really fail to see how he was better without the infection.
Tough old guy, and a good ally to the US.
I hope he doesn't suffer, and I hope his nation remembers his example.
So is Abraham Lincoln's.
To every thing there is a season, and this is the season to let Sharon go. God might not be done with him, but he's done with this world.
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In the spirit fo Terri Schiavo, keep him alive for 15 years.
Israel's Sharon taken to intensive care
By ARON HELLER Associated Press Writer
2006 The Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel — 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.
Sharon, who has been in a coma since he suffered a major stroke in January, contracted a new infection that affected his heart, said David Weinberg, a spokesman for the Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv.
"At this point, his condition is stable," Weinberg said.
Experts have speculated that because of the severity of his stroke, Sharon, Israel's prime minister from 2001 to 2006, is unlikely to recover.
The former prime minister, 78, has undergone several extensive brain operations to stop cerebral hemorrhaging, in addition to more minor procedures.
Sharon had an initial minor stroke in December and was put on blood thinners before experiencing a severe brain hemorrhage on Jan. 4. After spending months in the Jerusalem hospital where he was initially treated, Sharon was transferred to the long-term care facility at Sheba hospital in May.
He was rushed into intensive care in July for dialysis after his kidneys began failing, but was transferred back to Sheba's respiratory rehabilitation department after his condition improved.
Sharon lapsed into a coma just months after he ended Israel's 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip, and shook up Israel's political map by bolting his hard-line Likud Party to form the centrist Kadima faction, now headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4308092.html
Ariel Sharon - Fri 03 Nov, 01:39 PM Israel's former prime minister Ariel Sharon, seen here in 2005, has been rushed to intensive care due to a fresh deterioration in his fragile health, 10 months after falling into a deep coma following a massive stroke.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hospital reports that comatose former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is out of intensive care.
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