DHAKA: Former prime minister Ariel Sharon remained in critical condition on Friday with his life at risk, the head of the hospital treating him announced.

Over the past day a slow deterioration in the functioning of the 85-year-old’s vital organs has occurred, professor Ze’ev Rotstein, head of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer said  at a press conference Friday morning, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Rotstein said tests indicated a blood infection among the ailments faced by Sharon.

Asked by a reporter if Sharon was in his final days, Rotshein responded saying, ‘I personally feel so’.

‘He is comfortable at this time. To the best of our understanding he is not suffering, such that we do not have to take any action to prevent him suffering,’ Rotstein said.

His sons remained by his side.

BDST: 1641 HRS, JAN 03, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor