Reason unknown.

Hope he is okay.  Between the stress of his job and severe obesity I suspect he isn’t particularly healthy.  I hope he is back at home for Chanukah.

I hope the guy is okay, but he is getting up there in age.

Ardenner: BTW  Chanukah is considered only a minor holiday in the Jewish religion, the important holidays are Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur

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Minor stroke, lost consciousness when he arrived at the hospital for a MRI.

Sharon Taken to Hospital

Sunday, December 18, 2005

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was taken to a Jerusalem hospital Sunday after feeling ill while working in his office, two Israel television stations reported. One of the stations said he suffered a minor stroke and had lost consciousness.

Channel 2 TV said the roads around the hospital were closed before Sharon, 77, arrived in his official vehicle.

Channel 10 TV, quoting police officials it did not identify, said Sharon apparently lost consciousness. He was taken directly to the emergency room of the hospital, the media reports said. Officials in Sharon's office were not available for comment.

Channel 10 reported that Sharon regained consciousness shortly after arriving at the hospital and quoted unnamed hospital sources as saying that he apparently suffered a minor stroke.

Hospital spokeswoman Yael Bossem-Levy said Sharon was undergoing tests. She would not give additional details. She told Israel TV that as far as she knew, Sharon was conscious.