Israel ex-PM Ariel Sharon 'critically ill'

Doctors say there has been a "critical malfunction" of his vital organs

The condition of Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - who has been in a coma since 2006 - is now critical, "with some danger to life", his doctors have said.

Mr Sharon, 85, is suffering from a malfunction of several organs including the kidneys, they said.
He became prime minister in 2001 and suffered a mild stroke in 2005.
After a second, major stroke in 2006, he went into a coma and has been in a persistent vegetative state ever since.
Giving the first official medical statement on the current situation, Professor Zeev Rotstein of Tel Hashomer hospital, said: "I am no prophet, but the feeling of his doctors and his sons... is that there has been a change for the worse.