Sharon sedated and on respirator to recover from ‘severe trauma’

ARIEL SHARON could be sedated for up to 72 hours following emergency surgery for a massive stroke, hospital officials said yesterday.

Dr Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director general of Hadassah Hospital, said Mr Sharon would remain in deep sedation and on a respirator to “recover from severe trauma.”

The treatment would decrease pressure in Mr Sharon’s skull, and after the sedation period, doctors hope to gradually wake him, he said.