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Sharon's organs for donation, says report
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is reportedly donating his organs after his death, while his latest brain scan showed slight improvement in his condition.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 January 8, 2006
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is donating his organs after his death, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
Sharon had signed a donor card in May, although the consent of his two sons Omri and Gilad are still required before doctors could take any organ, Haaretz newspaper said.
There was some doubt on whether the organs of the 77-year-old would still be suitable for donation. The newspaper said his kidneys may be suitable for transplant.
Sharon's condition showed slight improvement on Saturday, although doctors said he is still in stable but critical condition days after he suffered a massive stroke.
"We as human beings are optimistic," said Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Hadassah hospital director. "But I cannot say that the prime minister has come out of danger ... there are very slight signs of improvement."
Mor-Yosef said a decision on when to try to awaken Sharon, who is in a medically induced coma, would be taken on Sunday, when acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to convene the Israeli Cabinet for its weekly session.
Results of the latest scan stirred cautious optimism in Israeli media, but outside experts have said the prognosis for Sharon remains bleak.
Dr. Jose Cohen, one of Sharon's surgeons, told Channel 2 TV that cognitive impairment is possible although his chances of survivial "are very high".
"To say after such a severe trauma as this that there will be no cognitive problems is simply not to recognize the reality," he said.
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