Doctors claim Mubarak ‘clinically dead’

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was last night declared “clinically dead” by his doctors after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the state news agency MENA said.

“Former president Hosni Mubarak has clinically died following his arrival at Maadi military hospital on Tuesday evening,” MENA said quoting medical sources.

“Mubarak’s heart stopped beating and was subjected to a defibrillator several times but did not respond.”