JAKARTA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Doctors have been trying
to strengthen Soeharto's muscles as the health condition of the ailing former
president had been significantly improved, the Antara news agency reported
Sunday.
"Soeharto is still lying on bed and is not fully
recovered. Therefore we are trying to make him stronger," Antara quoted a member
of his medical team, Dr. Yusuf Misbah, as saying on Sunday.
The doctor said the ailing former president, who is
conscious and trying to speak, had been able to move and raise his left arm.
Meanwhile, chief of the medical team Dr. Mardjo
Soebiandono said Soeharto would undergo a lot of exercises to improve his
physical condition.
He said the doctors would give Soeharto physiotherapy
in an effort to strengthen muscles of his arms and legs.
He added that Soeharto's blood pressure had been
stable and his respiratory system had also been gradually normal.
Soeharto was rushed to Pertamina Hospital in South
Jakarta on January 4, 2008 for severe anemia and edema. He had gone through
several critical stages during his stay in the hospital.
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Doctors are struggling to control lung
infections of Indonesia's 86-year-old former President Soeharto who is in
critical condition in the hospital, doctors said Monday that
they will try to diminish inflammation to Soeharto's lung.
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