[quote="cabdallah252"]is sharon still alive?[/quote]
Incapacitation
Main article: Illnesses of Ariel Sharon
Sharon was hospitalized on December 18, 2005 after suffering a minor ischemic stroke. During his hospital stay, doctors discovered a heart ailment requiring surgery and ordered bed rest pending a cardiac catheterization scheduled for January 5, 2006. Instead, Sharon returned immediately to work and suffered a massive stroke on January 4, the day before surgery. After two surgeries lasting 7 and 14 hours, doctors stopped bleeding in Sharon's brain, but couldn't prevent him from entering a permanent coma.[21] Subsequent media reports indicated that Sharon had been diagnosed with Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) during his December hospitalisation. Hadassah Hospital Director Shlomo Mor-Yosef declined to respond to criticism that the combination of CAA and blood thinners after Sharon's December stroke may have caused his more serious, subsequent stroke.[22]
Then-Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert became acting Prime Minister the night of Sharon's second stroke. Knesset elections followed in March, with Olmert and Sharon's Kadima party winning a plurality. The next month, the Israeli Cabinet declared Sharon permanently incapacitated and Olmert officially became Prime Minister of Israel on April 14, 2006.
Sharon has undergone a series of subsequent surgeries related to his comatose state. He has remained in a long-term care facility since November 6, 2006.[23] Medical experts indicate that his cognitive abilities were likely to have been destroyed by the massive stroke. He is in a persistent vegetative state with extremely low chances of recovery.
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