Report: Mubarak suffered stroke
Lawyer says former president in coma, but medical sources, state TV say his condition stable
But Egypt state television, citing the head of the hospital, denied the reports.
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"I was informed about the sudden deterioration in Mubarak's health and I am now on my way to Sharm el-Sheikh. All that I know so far is that the president is a full coma," Mubarak's lawyer Farid el-Deeb told Reuters. He did not give more details.
But a medical source said Mubarak's condition was stable.
"Mubarak's condition remains stable and he falls into coma occasionally so nothing is new in his condition," a doctor in the hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh told Reuters. He asked not to be named.
Mubarak, 83, has been in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh since April under arrest on charges he ordered the killings of protesters during Egypt's uprising. He is said to be suffering from heart trouble.
El-Deeb has made other claims recently about Mubarak's deteriorating health that were also denied by senior medical officials.
Mubarak was treated last year for cancer in his gallbladder and pancreas, and el-Deeb said last month that he may be suffering a recurrence that spread to his stomach.
However, two senior Egyptian medical officials, one of them the head of Mubarak's team of doctors, said at the time he did not have the disease.
Ever since Mubarak traveled to Germany early last year for medical treatment, it has been widely rumored that he has cancer. But his health was a closely guarded secret, and the cancer was never spoken of publicly until recently.
El-Deeb claimed last month that Mubarak underwent "critical surgery" in Heidelberg, Germany, last year to remove his gallbladder and part of his pancreas, which were cancerous.
At the time, he called Mubarak's condition "horrible" and said the former leader "doesn't eat and he loses consciousness quite often."
Mubarak's purported health issues have complicated efforts to bring him to trial. He was hospitalized on the day prosecutors trying to build a case against him sought to question the former leader for the first time.
Reuters and AP contributed to this report
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