Sharon's health woes concealed by doctors

[occuserpens]

Diagnosis: gerontocracy

Recent hysteria in the Israeli media on Sharon's medical mistreatment was never believable: how could PM's doctors make crude medical mistakes and proscribe wrong dangerous medications?
Not surprisnly, now it appears that Sharon had serious health problems by the moment when he got his final stroke. It is also understandable that he did not want to make his diagnoses public.

This says a lot about chaotic movements around Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in summer 2005. One simple explanation is that behind thunderous posturing, Sharon was simply too sick to keep situation under control.

The gloomy analogy with situation in the late USSR with its series of terminally ill leaders from Brezhnev to Andropov to Chernenko is too obvious.

Sharon's health woes concealed by doctors: report http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1554384.htm
Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon concealed the gravity of his medical condition from the public after he suffered a first stroke in December, a newspaper has charged.
When Mr Sharon was discharged from hospital after a minor stroke - less than three weeks before he succumbed to a massive brain haemorrhage - he had cardiac and cerebral diseases that were not revealed, the Haaretz said.
The 77-year-old leader, who has been replaced by Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert since his collapse on January 4, is lying in a coma for the 20th day today in Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital.

[Canuckistanian]

1. Why do these old men insist on staying in power?

Nations need strong leaders, mentally and physically. Not to disclose a serious illness should be cause to resign.

Besides, why do they want to stay in power when they know they have little time left? And how does that fact affect their decision making?

[Tom Joad]

2. Such a terrible end for a man who should have stood trial for crimes

against humanity. Not to mention crimes against the Israeli people (massive corruption).