Zambian leader in semi-coma, but still alive

SHARM EL-SHEIK -The head of the Egyptian hospital that treated Zambia’s president says he was in a semi-coma but “still alive” when evacuated to Paris from Egypt.

Saeed Abdel Fattah Essa says the Zambian president suffered a “brain hemorrhage”, which Egyptian doctors managed to stop. Essa also says that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited the Zambian at the hospital before he was flow to France at 7 p.m.on Tuesday.President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to hospital on Sunday after he fell ill during the African Union summit in Egypt.Zambia’s vice president said late Tuesday in Lusaka that Mwanawasa’s condition was stable.Nampa-APEssa also says that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited the Zambian at the hospital before he was flow to France at 7 p.m.on Tuesday.President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to hospital on Sunday after he fell ill during the African Union summit in Egypt.Zambia’s vice president said late Tuesday in Lusaka that Mwanawasa’s condition was stable.Nampa-AP