Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2001.
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's already critical medical
condition is deteriorating further as key bodily organs continue to
decline, the hospital treating him said Friday.
The 85-year-old Sharon, who has been in a coma for eight years after a
devastating stroke incapacitated him at the peak of his political power,
is fighting and is not in pain, said Dr. Zeev Rotstein, the director of
Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv.
Dr. Zeev Rotstein told reporters that members of the 85-year-old Sharon's family are by his bedside.