SHARM EL-SHEIKH - Egypt's Chief Prosecutor Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud has approved a request for a German doctor to examine former president Hosni Mubarak, who is temporarily detained in a hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, his lawyer said. "Dr Markus Buchler will be allowed to examine Mubarak. He will be accompanied by a team of physicians from the Health Ministry who will report on the health of the former president," lawyer Farid el-Deeb said. He added that the decision for Mubarak to stay in hospital or be transferred to prison will be taken after the visit by the German doctor, who operated on the ex-president last year. El-Deeb recently said that Mubarak, 83, occasionally slips into a coma but his condition is stable. Mubarak's condition has been subject to frequent speculation in the Egyptian media, gaining momentum before his August 3 trial.