Sharon's scan 'positive'

2006-01-12 21:00

Jerusalem - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain scan on Thursday showed positive results, indicating that the remnants of the blood in his brain from a massive stroke last week have been absorbed, hospital officials said in a statement.

In response, doctors had removed a tube they had inserted into Sharon's skull to relieve pressure on his brain, the statement from Hadassah Hospital said.

Chief neurosurgeon Felix Umansky told AFP doctors were now inserting an intravenous drip in a bid to further reduce the risk of infection.

He'd earlier said that was now their principal concern.

Umansky said he believed Sharon was now "out of danger", but warned that like any other coma patient, the Israeli leader was "not immune to infections".

"Each day there is slight progress.

"He is moving more easily although he is still under sedation," he told AFP.

"Little by little, he is giving us more signs that he is getting better, but he will not wake up for the next day or two." - AP/AFP

- News24