Members of the media work in Tel Hashomer hospital, where former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, near Tel Aviv, Israel,Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Sharon, who has been in a coma for eight… (Associated Press) …

He was reported in "critical condition" Thursday. Rotstein says "there is a slow and gradual deterioration," with doctors now seeing not only Sharon's kidneys but other vital organs malfunctioning as well. Sharon was one of Israel's most iconic and …

Members of the media work in Tel Hashomer hospital, where former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, near Tel Aviv, Israel,Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Sharon, who has been in a coma for eight years, was in critical condition on Thursday …

The 85-year-old (pictured) has been in a coma since having a devastating stroke in January 2006 while still in office.

Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, who met with an accident while skiing in the French Alps is reportedly said to be in a stable condition after showing small signs of improvement. Schumacher met with the accident and hit his head to a …

Zeev Rotstein, the director of Tel Hashomer hospital where the comatose former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, speaks to media, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The director of the hospital where Sharon is being …

Tel Aviv (Alliance News) – Doctors and the family of former Israeli prime prime minister Ariel Sharon were discussing Thursday how to proceed with treatment of the 85-year-old, Israel Radio reported. Sharon has been in a coma for eight years, and his …

Sharon was known for executing a dramatic political about-face with a 2005 Gaza pullout that turned Israeli politics on its head when he quit his party and created a centrist faction that ruled Israel for several years. Israel's Channel 2 television …

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, comatose since a 2006 stroke, has detriorated to a "life threatening" condition after suffering kidney malfunction, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday. Officials at the hospital near Tel Aviv where Sharon, 85 …

The condition of iconic Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, undergoing treatment in a private nursing home here following a chest infection, deteriorated late Sunday night, and she was transferred to the critical care unit (CCU). "Her heartbeat has become high.