Israeli PM Sharon undergoes CT scan
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for three months, has undergone a CT scan to determine the outcome of surgery on his skull last week, Israel Radio reported today.
The radio said the scan revealed no change in his condition, which the hospital defines as “serious but stable,” meaning that his life is not in immediate danger.
A spokesman at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital, where Sharon has been lying unconscious since a January 4 stroke, said only that he is scanned every two or three days as a routine part of his care.
He would not comment further.
Last week, surgeons operated on Sharon, 78, to reattach a portion of his skull removed in previous surgery.
Israel’s Cabinet is scheduled to declare him permanently incapacitated tomorrow, allowing acting premier Ehud Olmert to be named prime minister.
Olmert, who led Sharon’s Kadima party to victory in March 28 elections, is negotiating with smaller parties to form a governing coalition.
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