Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon develops double pneumonia
{{date|August 15, 2006}}
[[Image:Ariel Sharon 2004.jpg|thumb|[[w:Ariel Sharon|Ariel Sharon]] in a 2004 file photo]]
Former [[w:Israel|Israeli]] prime minster [[w:Ariel Sharon|Ariel Sharon]], 78, has developed double [[w:pneumonia|pneumonia]] and is being treated with "massive" amounts of antibiotics according to hospital officials.

"We are talking about pneumonia that is being treated with massive antibiotics. There is no change in the functioning of the brain tissue and no significant fall in vital signs," said officials at Tel Hashomer hospital in the Sheba Medical Center located in [[w:Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv]], in a statement today.

Yesterday doctors stated that Sharon's urine ouput had "decreased significantly" and that a scan of his brain "showed a deterioration in his brain function," said Anat Dolev, a Sheba Medical Center spokesman.

Yesterday the hospital reported that the condition of Sharon was getting worse.

Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a major stroke on January 4. Since being admitted to the hospital, he has undergone several rounds of surgery on his brain in an attempt to stop bleeding. Currently a respirator assists him in breathing.

==Related==
*{{wikinews|title=Ariel Sharon's condition worsens|date=August 14, 2006}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/750838.html
|title=Ariel Sharon's medical condition takes marked turn for the worse
|author=Ran Reznick
|pub=Ha'aretz
|date=August 15, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20145406-1702,00.html
|title=Sharon has pneumonia, says hospital
|author=
|pub=NEWS.com.au
|date=August 15, 2006}}

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Ariel Sharon in a 2004 file photo
Former Israeli prime minster Ariel Sharon, 78, has developed double pneumonia and is being treated with "massive" amounts of antibiotics according to hospital officials.

"We are talking about pneumonia that is being treated with massive antibiotics. There is no change in the functioning of the brain tissue and no significant fall in vital signs," said officials at Tel Hashomer hospital in the Sheba Medical Center located in Tel Aviv, in a statement today.

Yesterday doctors stated that Sharon's urine ouput had "decreased significantly" and that a scan of his brain "showed a deterioration in his brain function," said Anat Dolev, a Sheba Medical Center spokesman.

Yesterday the hospital reported that the condition of Sharon was getting worse.

Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a major stroke on January 4. Since being admitted to the hospital, he has undergone several rounds of surgery on his brain in an attempt to stop bleeding. Currently a respirator assists him in breathing.

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fr:Ariel Sharon souffre d'une pneumonie
it:L'ex premier israeliano ha sviluppato una doppia polmonite
pl:Ariel Sharon miał zapalenie płuc
Ariel Sharon tem pneumonia dupla
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