Doctors Wait to Bring Sharon Out of Coma; Israeli Leader's Physicians Say Latest Brain Scan Shows Signs of Improvement

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › January 09, 2006

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JERUSALEM (AP) - A scan of Ariel Sharon's brain on Sunday showed improvement, but doctors decided to wait another day to start bringing the Israeli leader out of his medically induced coma, an important step in determining how much damage he suffered from a massive stroke.

One of Sharon's doctors said if the prime minister survives, he would not be able to return to office. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Cabinet he would work to carry on Sharon's political legacy.

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Doctors Wait to Bring Sharon Out of Coma; Israeli Leader's Physicians Say Latest Brain Scan Shows Signs of Improvement

Sharon remained in critical condition Sunday at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital after suffering a stroke late Wednesday and undergoing two lengthy surgeries to stop massive blee...

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