Sharon critical, Doctors trying to awake him from coma
MIL/Agencies, Jan 11, 2006.
Doctors treating Ariel Sharon were on Tuesday to continue the process of waking the critically ill Israeli leader from a coma a day after he responded positively to initial tests to assess the damage caused by a massive brain haemorrhage as per AFT.
Medics on Monday began the process of trying to rouse the ailing premier, and were encouraged after he moved his right limbs in response to pain stimulus, indicating he had retained at least some brain function after last week's massive stroke.
In an early-morning update, a hospital spokesperson confirmed there had been no change in Sharon's condition overnight, and that he was still "critical but stable" a day after medics began reducing sedation levels in a bid to try to rouse him.
"There has been no change in the Prime Minister's condition and he continues to be critical but stable," spokesperson Ron Krumer told reporters outside Jerusalem's Hadassa hospital in Ein Kerem.
"Today [Tuesday] the doctors will continue the treatment that they started yesterday," he said.
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