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Ex Egyptian president Hosni
Mubarak's health deteriorates in prison
Wednesday June 06, 2012 08:29:38 PM,
IANS
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Cairo: The health of
former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak severely deteriorated
Wednesday, his fifth day in Cairo's Torah prison, and he was put
on the ventilator five times.
Citing the official news agency MENA, Xinhua said prison officials
called a medical team specializing in cardiology to examine the
84-year-old Mubarak.
The doctors found him suffering from nervous shock, severe
depression and high blood pressure, it said.
Mubarak was likely to be transferred to a military hospital.
Earlier, the AKI news agency reported that Mubarak has declined
food and medicine since being taken to prison after a court
sentenced him to life behind bars for his role in the death of
protestors last year.
In prison, Mubarak's mood has been bad "to the point of not even
responding to those who greet him", said the el-Fagr newspaper.
Ever since the trial began in August last year, Mubarak was
detained in the International Medical Center, a facility run by
the military near Cairo.
Mubarak and former security chief Habib al-Adly were both
convicted for the killings of around 900 protestors. They received
life sentences.
Mubarak was president for almost 30 years. He stepped down in
February 2011 amid mass nationwide protests.
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