Hadassah calls in U.S. expert to consult on PM Sharon's case

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Last update - 04:35 30/01/2006

Hadassah calls in U.S. expert to consult on PM Sharon's case

By Tamara Traubman and Ran Reznick, Haaretz Correspondents

Hadassah University Hospital announced Sunday that as part of its routine care, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent an MRI scan Saturday evening.

Hospital spokeswoman Yael Bossem-Levy explained that the scan indicated "the continued reabsorption of the bleeding in Sharon's brain and a reduction in the swelling. There is no sign of intercranial pressure and the size of the cerebral lobes is unchanged."

A Friday EEG indicated that "both sides of the brain were functioning."

Sharon had been evaluated by world-renowned coma expert Dr. Jerome Posner, Bossem-Levy said.

Posner, who wrote the definitive book on treatment of coma patients, was invited to Israel by Hadassah to give his expert opinion on Sharon's treatment.

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