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Slight progress in Sharon's brain function

JERUSALEM: Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Tuesday that they had detected a slight improvement in his brain function as they try to rouse him gradually from a coma.

Shlomo Mor Yosef, director of Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital, said Mr. Sharon had moved his left hand for the first time and had managed to move his right arm and leg more than in an initial stimulus test on Monday.

``These are neurological changes that show a slight progress in the brain function of the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,'' he said.

Mr. Sharon (77), remained hooked up to a respirator and unconscious in a guarded room where music, including Mozart, was being played.

Doctors said it would be days before they could assess the damage to Mr. Sharon's brain from the cerebral haemorrhage he has suffered. Movement on Mr. Sharon's left side could be very significant because that part of the body is controlled by the right side of the brain, where his stroke occurred. — AP

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