CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have reversed their decision to remove former president Hosni Mubarak from hospital in Sharm El Sheikh and transport him to a military-run hospital facility. This decision came after Interior Minister Mansour el-Issawi wrote to the prosecutor general's office on Wednesday saying Mubarak's health was too fragile for him to be transported. Egyptian Prosecutor General, Abdel Maguib Mahmoud, said last Sunday that the deposed president was stable enough to be moved and would be transported via ambulance to a medical facility until proper equipment could be set up at Mazra'a Hospital inside Tora Prison. Upon further medical review of Mubarak's condition, el-Issawi has asked for another delay pending the ex-president's recovery. The prosecutor general's office has approved of the delay and Mubarak will remain in Sharm El Sheikh. The transfer to Tora Prison's hospital was cancelled on Wednesday altogether, after a medical team issued with verifying Mubarak's condition declared that the medical equipment needed to treat former President Mubarak was too outdated and could not properly tend to his critical needs. Various doctor's who have reviewed Mubarak's medical records have disagreed over exactly how sick the former leader is. At one point, the chief medical doctor overseeing Mubarak's care in Sharm El Sheikh, said that there was no need to delay transporting the former president to another facility. As of this morning, the prosecutor general's office says that they will continue waiting to see if there is any improvement in the aging politicians' condition. Mubarak's two sons, Gamal and Alaa, along with the former prime minister and head's of both parliaments continue to be detained at Tora Prison charged with corruption, mismanagement of funds and violent attacks against revolutionaries. The trial of former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, and four of his aides, began yesterday. They are charged with deadly attacks on protesters in January and February during the demonstrations at Tahrir Square which resulted with the toppling of the 30-year Mubarak regime. The prosecutor in the el-Adly trial has recommended the death penalty for the former head of State Security and all four of his aides. Nearly 900 people were killed in the revolutionary uprising which occurred between January 25th and February 11th, according to the prosecutors office. The wife of the former Egyptian President, Suzanne Mubarak, has forbidden any visitors inside the ousted leader's hospital room, say unnamed sources close to the situation in Sharm El Sheikh. The sources claim that Mrs Mubarak does not want visitors in the former president's room because she fears that any disturbance at all would endanger Mr Mubarak's life. Mrs Mubarak has maintained over the last few weeks that the former leader's heart could stop beating at any time. There have been no medical reports to validate that consern.
