SHARON'S CONDITION WORSENS
Sunday, July
23, 2006; Posted: 1:18 p.m. EDT (17:18 GMT)
JERUSALEM
(AP) -- The condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a
stroke in January, has deteriorated though there was no immediate danger to his life, hospital officials and former aides
said Sunday.
Sharon, 78, was having a problem with his kidneys at Sheba
Medical Center in the Tel Aviv
suburb of Tel Hashomer.
"Over the past two days, the condition of the former prime minister has deteriorated.
His kidney function is worsening and he's amassing liquids in his body," the hospital said in a statement.
Two of Sharon's former
aides, who said they had spoken with his son Gilad, said there was no immediate danger to the former leader's life. The former
aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
