Mubarak's health precarious
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June 7, 2012, Thursday
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HOSNI Mubarak's health entered a "dangerous" phase yesterday, and doctors had to use oxygen five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, prison security officials said.
Mubarak's health crisis came days after he was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop killings of protesters in the uprising that toppled him last year.
The officials at Torah prison south of Cairo said Mubarak, 84, was suffering from shock, high blood pressure and breathing problems. Specialists were called in, and a transfer to a military hospital was being considered, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Mubarak was sentenced to life on Saturday, but he and his two sons - one-time heir apparent Gamal and rich businessman Alaa - were acquitted of corruption. The sons are awaiting a separate trial on charges of insider training. The officials said prison authorities were allowing Gamal to be by his father's side. Alaa also applied for permission, but it has not yet been granted, said the officials.
Though Mubarak's authoritarian regime was widely unpopular by the time of his overthrow, conditions in Egypt have deteriorated since then, with deadly protests, a battered economy and seemingly endless strikes.
Some evidence of displeasure could be seen in the second-place finish by Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, in the first round of presidential elections last month.
Shafiq is facing Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi in a runoff election June 16-17, but it could still be called off. Egypt's highest court will look into whether a "political exclusion" law is constitutional on June 14, two days before the runoff. The law bans senior officials in Mubarak's regime from running. If upheld, it could force cancellation of the runoff and a repeat of the first round.
Mubarak's health crisis came days after he was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop killings of protesters in the uprising that toppled him last year.
The officials at Torah prison south of Cairo said Mubarak, 84, was suffering from shock, high blood pressure and breathing problems. Specialists were called in, and a transfer to a military hospital was being considered, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Mubarak was sentenced to life on Saturday, but he and his two sons - one-time heir apparent Gamal and rich businessman Alaa - were acquitted of corruption. The sons are awaiting a separate trial on charges of insider training. The officials said prison authorities were allowing Gamal to be by his father's side. Alaa also applied for permission, but it has not yet been granted, said the officials.
Though Mubarak's authoritarian regime was widely unpopular by the time of his overthrow, conditions in Egypt have deteriorated since then, with deadly protests, a battered economy and seemingly endless strikes.
Some evidence of displeasure could be seen in the second-place finish by Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, in the first round of presidential elections last month.
Shafiq is facing Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi in a runoff election June 16-17, but it could still be called off. Egypt's highest court will look into whether a "political exclusion" law is constitutional on June 14, two days before the runoff. The law bans senior officials in Mubarak's regime from running. If upheld, it could force cancellation of the runoff and a repeat of the first round.
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