Mubarak's health bad as family pays visit
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June 11, 2012, Monday
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HOSNI Mubarak is slipping in and out of consciousness eight days after the ousted Egyptian leader was sent to prison to begin serving a life sentence, a security official said yesterday.
With rumors of the former president's death spreading rapidly, authorities granted his wife, former first lady Suzanne Mubarak, and the couple's two daughters-in-law special permission to visit him in Cairo's Torah prison early that morning.
"The former president's health is in decline, but now it's stable in its deteriorated state," the official said. Since his wife's visit, Mubarak has suffered from an irregular heartbeat and required assistance in breathing.
The official said the former president now lives only on liquids and yogurt. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Mubarak's health is reported to have collapsed since his June 2 conviction for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him in 2011. His life sentence saw him transferred immediately to a prison hospital, instead of the military hospital and other facilities where he had been held since his April 2011 arrest.
Authorities have blocked several requests by Mubarak's family to transfer him back to a military facility, the official said.
On Saturday Mrs Mubarak was denied access to the intensive care unit where he was placed, as authorities limit family visits to one a month. Also on Saturday, Egyptian news agency MENA quoted officials as saying Mubarak may suffer a stroke.
With rumors of the former president's death spreading rapidly, authorities granted his wife, former first lady Suzanne Mubarak, and the couple's two daughters-in-law special permission to visit him in Cairo's Torah prison early that morning.
"The former president's health is in decline, but now it's stable in its deteriorated state," the official said. Since his wife's visit, Mubarak has suffered from an irregular heartbeat and required assistance in breathing.
The official said the former president now lives only on liquids and yogurt. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Mubarak's health is reported to have collapsed since his June 2 conviction for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him in 2011. His life sentence saw him transferred immediately to a prison hospital, instead of the military hospital and other facilities where he had been held since his April 2011 arrest.
Authorities have blocked several requests by Mubarak's family to transfer him back to a military facility, the official said.
On Saturday Mrs Mubarak was denied access to the intensive care unit where he was placed, as authorities limit family visits to one a month. Also on Saturday, Egyptian news agency MENA quoted officials as saying Mubarak may suffer a stroke.
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