Egypt's Mubarak 'has cancer'
source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201162013102151508.html
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Ex-president reportedly slipping into coma periodically after cancer spreads to stomach, affecting his heart and brain.
Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defence lawyer has said, citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit enough to stand trial.
"He has a stomach cancer and the tumours are growing," Mubarak's lawyer Farid el-Deeb said on Monday.
El-Deeb told Al Jazeera's Nadia Magd that Mubarak has had cancer since March 2010, but it had been kept a secret.
In March 2010 the former president underwent surgery in Germany to remove his gall bladder and a growth on his small intestine.
El-Deeb said Mubarak's cancer had spread to his stomach, causing severe repurcussions on his heart and brain vessels.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades, was forced to step down from office in February following a mass uprising inspired by a similar revolt in Tunisia.
He is currently under detention in a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, awaiting trial over a slew of charges.
The lawyer said he had been slipping into coma periodically due to his failing health.
According to el-Deeb, a request was submitted to the prosecutor-general's office last Thursday, requeesting that Mubarak's German doctor be called to treat him.
The lawyer said he was still awaiting a response to the request, which had been sent to the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. The military has been running the country's affairs since Mubarak's ouster.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201162013102151508.html
Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defence lawyer has said, citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit enough to stand trial.
"He has a stomach cancer and the tumours are growing," Mubarak's lawyer Farid el-Deeb said on Monday.
El-Deeb told Al Jazeera's Nadia Magd that Mubarak has had cancer since March 2010, but it had been kept a secret.
In March 2010 the former president underwent surgery in Germany to remove his gall bladder and a growth on his small intestine.
El-Deeb said Mubarak's cancer had spread to his stomach, causing severe repurcussions on his heart and brain vessels.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades, was forced to step down from office in February following a mass uprising inspired by a similar revolt in Tunisia.
He is currently under detention in a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, awaiting trial over a slew of charges.
The lawyer said he had been slipping into coma periodically due to his failing health.
According to el-Deeb, a request was submitted to the prosecutor-general's office last Thursday, requeesting that Mubarak's German doctor be called to treat him.
The lawyer said he was still awaiting a response to the request, which had been sent to the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. The military has been running the country's affairs since Mubarak's ouster.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201162013102151508.html
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Yeah, real believable...
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