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Subscribe to RSSCAIRO, Egypt -- Egyptian officials told NBC News that former president Hosni Mubarak would be moved back to prison on Monday, saying an improvement in his health meant he no longer needed to stay in a military hospital.
Mubarak, sentenced to life in prison over the killing of protesters in the uprising that ended his rule, was moved from the medical wing of Tora prison to a hospital last month following reports of a deterioration in his health.
Mubarak was moved from prison to a military hospital in June after a health crisis. At the time, senior officers and military sources gave various accounts of the 84-year-old's condition, including that he was in a coma and on life support.
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Adel al-Saeed, the assistant prosecutor and spokesman for the prosecutor's office, said a medical committee formed to review Mubarak's condition had decided his health was stable enough that he did not need advanced hospital care.
Sentenced on June 2 for his failure to protect demonstrators, Mubarak has been portrayed as being in poor health by officials for the past year. He was wheeled in to court during his trial on a hospital stretcher.
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According to AFP, Mubarak's health deteriorated after his transfer to the hospital, with doctors defibrillating him twice in June. Reports also said he suffered from bouts of depression, high blood pressure and shortness of breath.
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Many Egyptians have been skeptical. Others suspect fellow officers, who pushed him aside to appease the protesters, of conniving to give him a more comfortable confinement.
NBC News' Ayman Mohyeldin and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Do all the flag and book burnings you want. Just kindly avoid giving us a reason to bomb you back into the stone-age.....
Oh wait, you never made it out of the stone age.
Yes, brutal, regressive, ignorant, uncivilized stone age beings.
It's becoming more and more like a scene from 'Weekend at Bernie's'
i seriously thought he died already with all those news about his having a stroke and whatnot..... whatever.... not like it matters at this point
lol I thought he died as well.
No wonder the Syrian dictator is determined to fight to the death. Mubarak must be wishing he had done the same.
Who cares? Give it a break and bring some news!
Amazing! This clown has more lives than my past three Cats put together.
However, I think my Cats will have died a much more peaceful death than this clown has to look forward to.
I wonder if the Egyptians think they are better off now or when this Guy was in Power?
That would of been a more interesting article to read.
The US created this monster and know doesn't know what to do with him. We made the same mistake when we gave Israel their own country to launch their terrorist genecide of the Arab countries.
The same cycle repeats itself. Now we know why Assad in Syria makes no compromises as Mubarak did. Something is seriously sick with these people. History will record Mubarak as a victim., unless of course it is written by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Leave the old man alone! He was their president for many years, and deserves a little of their respect, both as their former president, and as an elderly statesman. He deserves to live and die peacefully and comfortably with dignity and honor in his old age. Give him the most comfortable hospital room possible. Do Islamics have no respect for the elderly?