JERUSALEM: The health of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for nearly eight years, worsened yesterday, Israeli media reported. The 85-year-old, who is at the Tel Hashomer hospital in the city of Tel Aviv, was suffering from “serious kidney problems” after undergoing surgery, army radio said.
News website Ynet quoted medical sources as saying Sharon was taken into intensive care a month ago. His health then stabilised but suffered a “significant deterioration” in the past few days. The long-time leader of the rightwing nationalist camp in Israeli politics suffered a massive stroke on January 4, 2006, slipping into a coma from which he has never recovered.AFP
