Israeli Leader Given Tracheotomy

World | January 15, 2006, Sunday // 00:00

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has undergone a tracheotomy to help to wean him off a respirator, his doctors say. Hospital officials say the procedure, in which a small hole was cut into his neck and a tube inserted into his windpipe, was a success. Doctors are trying to wake Sharon from a medically induced coma, 10 days after he suffered a massive stroke. Tests have shown activity on both sides of Sharon's brain. His condition is said to be serious but stable. A new brain scan showed no change

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