Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will remain at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem and won’t be placed on a rehabilitation program, a specialist medical team ruled Thursday.
The team from the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer visited Sharon and consulted with the Hadassah doctors treating the comatose
prime minister. Doctors decided to continue the current treatment as the prime minister is showing no signs of improvement and his condition remains serious but stable.
“We are not speaking at this point in time of transferring the prime minister to a rehabilitation center,” doctors said of Sharon who has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke on January 4.
Sharon underwent emergence operation on February 11 to remove parts of his intestine after doctors identified damage to his digestive system.
On January 29, Professor Jerome Posner, a well-known coma expert from the Sloan-Kettering Medical Center in New York, was invited by the Hadassah management to express his opinion over Sharon's medical treatment. He took part in a doctors' consultation, examined Sharon and spoke to his family members.
Family and friends had no plans to mark Sharon's birthday last Sunday. “It was clear that we weren’t going to celebrate,” a close colleague of Sharon said. “Anyway, this has never been a family to make a big deal out of birthdays.” Sharon’s son Omri, who visited the hospital Sunday, also refused to make special note of the date.
"This is a sad day for us. We're not planning on doing anything special, because this is not a day to celebrate," said one of Sharon’s colleagues ahead of the prime minister’s 78th birthday.
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert blessed Sharon on his 78th birthday, saying, “We are all praying for his wellbeing and wish him a full recovery.”
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