Seven Year Coma, Ariel Sharon Still Functioning Brain

VIVAnews - Former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was seven years old lying in a hospital in Beersheba. In a recent examination, the brain was still functioning Sharon and respond to situations around him.


Reported by Reuters, it was revealed in an MRI scan by a joint team of doctors at the American Israel Sunday, January 27, 2013. In scanning, it is known that the brain Sharon shows degree of consciousness.

Alon Friedman, a neurologist at Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, said that although this is a positive sign of healing, but she did not expect too much. "It is likely he can get up again for a very, very small," says Friedman.

The scan performed for two hours. MRI found no brain activity when Sharon was shown photos and asked to imagine his family. Sharon brain also responds to the sound of his son, Gilad.

Sharon's eyes open a few times when the examination. Friedman said that all progress notes Sharon could be important for research comatose patients in the future. "While in a coma, he may still be heard and some important information into the brain and processed," said Friedman.

Sharon suffered a coma since the year 2006, a few weeks after he resigned from the Likud and formed Kadima. Sharon rated boon to Israel in the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. However, he criticized the opposition for pulling troops out of Gaza.

Sources: http://dunia.news.viva.co.id/news/read/385709