JAKARTA, Jan. 11, (Xinhua) -- The health of
Indonesian former president Soeharto worsened, and Indonesian vice president
Jusuf Kalla and most of the Soeharto family members have arrived at the hospital
where he is being treated late on Friday.
Soeharto's health worsened and was in coma, Dr.
Mardjo Soebiandono, head of a presidential physicians' team treating the former
strongman, said at a press conference Friday night.
Former Indonesian president Soeharto
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Doctors
were closely monitoring a possible infection in Soeharto's lungs, because there
were preliminary signs of inflammation, a lung specialist said.
Doctors said Soeharto's breath is weak and quick.
The former president has been critically ill since
last Saturday, receiving blood transfusions and undergoing haemodialysis to
drain excess fluid from his body.
Children and grandchildren of Soeharto were gathering
at the Center Pertamina Hospital, high officials including current vice
president Jusuf Kalla also went to the hospital. Security there was intensified.
Soeharto who came to power in 1965 after a military
coup d'etatwas forced to step down in May 1998 following anti-government
protests and an economic crisis.
Soeharto was charged with embezzling 571 million U.S.
dollars from state charities while in power but due to his poor health, his case
was stopped.
JAKARTA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The health of former Indonesian president Soeharto suddenly
deteriorated Friday afternoon with multi-organ failure that made him difficult to breath and unconscious, doctors
said here.
The head of presidential doctor team Mardjo Soebiandono
told a joint press conference that doctors were struggling to help the condition
of former strong man by using maximal drug and ventilator to help him breath.
