Mubarak’s health condition no longer ‘dangerous’

Hosni Mubarak’s health has improved, and his health condition is no longer “dangerous,” reported the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram Saturday.

The 84-year-old deposed leader’s health sharply deteriorated a week ago, days after a court sentenced him to life imprisonment in connection to the killing of protesters. After Mubarak’s court sentence was handed down, protesters took to the streets and demanded a retrial.

Mubarak suffered the health crisis while being transferred via helicopter to Cairo’s Torah prison hospital. Doctors at Torah prison had administered oxygen to help him breath and said he was suffering from shock, high blood pressure and severe depression.

He was treated in 2010 for cancer of the gallbladder and pancreas, and his lawyer said after his arrest in April 2011 that it might have spread to his stomach. Officials denied the claim at the time. He also suffered from heart troubles.

The ousted leader was held in a military hospital before being transferred to the hospital prison. Before that, he was held in a hospital in the Red Sea resort town, Sharm el-Sheikh.

Al-Ahram also reported that Mubarak notified his family that he wants to be buried next to his grandson, Mohammed, who died three years ago from food poisoning. Mohammed’s father is Mubarak’s elder son, Alaa, who, along with his brother Gamal, is being held for insider trading.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.