MENA: Mubarak clinically dead
Egypt Independent Tue, 19/06/2012 - 22:58
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/mena-mubarak-clinically-dead

State-run media reported that ousted President Hosni Mubarak has been
declared clinically dead following his transfer to Maadi Military Hospital
amid tightened security measures.

MENA said that Mubarak was taken to the intensive care unit upon his arrival
to get treatment for a stroke he had suffered earlier Tuesday. The state-run
news agency said the prison’s doctors had failed to treat the stroke.

Al-Ahram reported that journalists were banned from entering the hospital.

Brigadier General Mohamed Elewa, spokesperson for the prisons department,
had confirmed earlier Tuesday that Mubarak suffered a stroke.

Farid al-Deeb, Mubarak’s attorney, said that the former president had been
transferred to a military hospital in Maadi following the deterioration in
his health.

Deeb lauded the military leadership for the decision, the website of
state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported.

State-owned news agency MENA said earlier that Mubarak's heart had stopped
and a defibrillator had been used on him.

MENA cited security sources as saying the deposed leader’s medical condition
is taking a dangerous turn, adding that he has been placed on a respirator.

A prison official speaking to The Associated Press said doctors reported
that the 84-year-old former president has fallen unconscious. The official
spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to
the media.

Since Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on 2 June for not stopping the
deaths of protesters during the 18-day uprising that resulted in his ouster,
he has suffered from high blood pressure, respiratory problems and deep
depression. He was transferred to Tora Prison from a military hospital where
he had been residing during his trial.