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Sharon survives health crisis
 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Saturday survived his latest medical crisis, one that has served, somewhat poignantly, to underscore the degree to which the Israeli political torch has passed to his successor, Ehud Olmert. The 77-year-old leader, who has been comatose since suffering a massive stroke more than five weeks ago, was said by doctors to be out of immediate danger after emergency surgery Saturday in which about 1 1/2 feet of his large intestine was removed. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah University Medical Center at Ein Kerem, told reporters at the hospital that Sharon, who has been unconscious since a catastrophic cerebral hemorrhage Jan. 4, had come through four hours of surgery safely.Sharon has shown few signs that he would emerge from his coma, other than moving his limbs in response to pain stimulus. Doctors last month performed a tracheotomy to help him breathe with the aid of a respirator and on Feb. 1 inserted a feeding tube, another sign that his condition was considered one of long-term incapacitation. Posted by: Pappy 2006-02-13 |
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