Professor Dan Gilon, a cardiology specialist treating Rabbi
Ovadia Yosef at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, reported Saturday of minor
improvement in the rabbi's condition.
Gilon added the rabbi responded to the lowering of
anesthetic dosage, which was decided on Friday.
He also said an infection the rabbi is suffering from is
beginning to clear up.
"The rabbi has undergone a quiet Saturday," Gilon
said. "His condition is still considered serious but there are several
indicators that clearly point to improvement in a number of parameters, the
most important of which manifests in more notable signs of consciousness
following the discontinuation of anesthetics.
The physician stressed, however, that "this is just the
beginning. We'll have to continue to monitor his condition and see how it goes."
His son Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri
and others gathered outside Ovadia Yosef's room on Thursday to pray for his
health.
The religious leader was admitted to the intensive care unit
at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on Monday. He was unconscious
and was given dialysis treatment.
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