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Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef speaks to reporters on Friday.
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| By Israel Insider staff and partners January 6, 2006 |
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PM Sharon was rushed to a third brain surgery after 11 am after a CT scan Friday morning and other tests revealed additional bleeding in his brain and greater intracranial pressure, Hadassah Hospital Director Shlomo Mor-Yosef reported.
Acting PM Ehud Olmert, about to enter a political discussion with Shimon Peres, was informed.
Channel Two reporter Rena Matzliach reports that the bleeding is in the same place as the previous bleeding, on the right side of Sharon's brain, but at the same time it was also pressuring the left side of the brain.
Although Sharon is expected to "survive" the surgery, which is being completed after more than three hours, there is no indication of normal brain activity and continuing reports of massive and irreversible damage, at least to the right hemisphere of the brain.
Media reports report that the feeling of those closest to Sharon is "grave" with no indications of hope for significant improvement. As Channel Two reporter Udi Segal reported, the hope for the weekend is "no news is good news." Rina Matziach said the situation was not "hopeless."
Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Director of Hadassah Hospital, announced that after four hours in the operating room, there was a reduction in bleeding and intracranial pressure. He said that a review of the post-op CT imaging indicated that there was a "significant improvement" in the image. This did not, however, change the overall condition of Sharon, which he called "serious but stable."
This relatively optimistic statement, made at the beginning of the Israeli sabbath to a gathering of hundreds of local and foreign journalist camped outside the Jerusalem Hospital, may have eased the atmosphere of crisis that prevailed throughout the day, but medical experts were quick to mention that the "significant improvement" did not herald any improvement in Sharon's condition but rather suggested that the deterioration noted at the beginning of the day had been at least temporarily rolled back.
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