Ariel Sharon’s condition takes a turn for the worse.

Ariel Sharon’s condition takes a turn for the worse.(TOI).

Comatose former prime minister Ariel Sharon’s condition has deteriorated, doctors said on Wednesday.A spokesperson for Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer said Sharon’s condition began taking a turn for the worse in recent days.

Doctors said Sharon was suffering from renal failure that cold lead to multiple organ system failure.

Sharon, who has been in a vegetative state since 2006, suffered a “significant deterioration in his condition” according to Hebrew media reports, and a family member told Haaretz that if his medical condition does not improve ”it will be a matter of days.”  

In September, doctors reinstalled a feeding tube in Sharon’s digestive system. The procedure was completed without incident, and the former prime minister was returned to the hospital’s Department of Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation, where he has been in treatment in recent years.

Sharon, 85, was prime minister from 2001 until suffering a second stroke that left him comatose in 2006.

During the preceding year, he initiated and carried out Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip, ordering the removal of all Israelis from the territory.