BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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Center? To what extent did the treatment Sharon received
after the first episode account for the hemorrhaging?
Sharon's aides said nobody thought he was in danger when
he left his office for Sycamore Ranch on Wednesday
afternoon. The paramedic of the Shin Bet security service's
VIP protection unit, who was always at his side,
accompanied him.
According to the initial plan, a doctor was to be with him after
the catheterization, when he returned to convalesce at the
ranch. Since his release from Hadassah on December 20,
after the first incident, Sharon was frequently examined by
his personal physician, Dr. Shlomo Segev, who also
administered his blood tests. Sharon did not complain of pain
or feeling bad. The chief cardiologist at Hadassah, Professor
Haim Lotan, who was supposed to perform the
catheterization, visited his office on Tuesday. Sharon
received two Claxon shots a day intended to thin his blood
and prevent blood clots and a recurrent stroke. He received
the last shot on Wednesday morning, so that its effect would
wear off before the heart procedure.
When Sharon felt unwell on Wednesday, his personal
physician was called in from the center of the country.
According to one version, he arrived at the ranch just as
Sharon was being put into an ambulance, and joined him on
the trip. According to another version, he met the convoy at
the Masmia junction on the way to Jerusalem.
Sharon's aides, who pieced the event together, said Sharon
did not want to be taken to hospital. He said he was due at
Hadassah for the procedure the next morning anyway.
Apparently, his son, Gilad, and the Shin Bet paramedic
convinced him to go anyway. Even when in the ambulance,
he told Segev he wanted to turn around and go the following
morning.
Segev, who refused to comment Thursday, was under the
impression that Sharon had suffered another stroke, which