Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has taken a turn for the worse in recent days, a hospital spokesman said Sunday. Sharon, 78, suffered a massive stroke resulting in a coma in early January. He was transferred from Hadassah Medical Center in Al-Quds city to Chaim Sheba Medical Center, a long-term care facility near Tel Aviv in late May. Doctors now report a worsening in the functioning of his kidney and a change in brain tissue, the hospital spokesman said. Sharon is also accumulating more fluids in his body, the doctors reported. More tests are being performed to determine a course of treatment, the spokesman was quoted as saying by foreign news agencies.
