Ailing Arafat Faces Days of Medical Tests
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Yasser Arafat will undergo a battery of medical tests on Saturday as French doctors try to discover whether the ailing Palestinian leader is suffering from leukemia or some other blood disorder.
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Doctors in France treating the Palestinian leader, Yassar Arafat, have told him that it will be several days before they know exactly what is wrong with him.
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The health of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat is being questioned today after conflicting reports say the 75-year-old leader is suffering from the flu, while others say he is suffering from gallstones and a intestinal infection.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been rushed into the intensive care unit of a Paris hospital. Mr Arafat&#39;s health has deteriorated but aides said the implications were not serious.
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Frail Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was admitted to a French military hospital near Paris for urgent treatment for what is said to be a potentially fatal blood disorder.
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The health of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, deteriorated significantly yesterday prompting doctors in France to conduct further tests.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Seriously ill Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday prepared to fly to France for  treatment for a blood disorder as fears grew for the icon of  the Palestinian struggle for statehood.
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An ailing Yasser Arafat &#151; too weak to stand, unable to hold down food and spending most of Thursday sleeping &#151; agreed to leave his battered West Bank compound for the first time in more than two years and fly to Paris for urgent medical treatment.
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Yasser Arafat was undergoing tests for possible leukaemia at a military hospital outside Paris last night after being airlifted from his Ramallah headquarters to an anxious farewell from Palestinian well-wishers.
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TOP Palestinian politicians are to visit Yasser Arafat in hospital and consult doctors about his condition amid claims that the veteran leader has suffered liver failure.
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A diagnosis of the illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was flown to France for treatment yesterday will not be available for several days.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has had a medical test under anaesthetic at his compound in Ramallah after bouts of vomiting and stomach pain.
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French doctors are checking Yasser Arafat for viral infection after tests ruled out leukaemia and any other life-threatening illness, aides to the Palestinian leader said today.
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Middle East News, Ramallah: A team of doctors are trying to assess whether ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat should be taken from his HQ in Ramallah to hospital.
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Yasser Arafat took a sudden turn for the worse yesterday and was rushed into the intensive-care unit of the Paris hospital where doctors are trying to diagnose his mystery illness.
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CLAMART, France  - Doctors will need "several  days" to diagnose Yasser Arafat's illness but the Palestinian  leader was conscious and in good shape when he arrived in  France on Friday, a Palestinian diplomat said.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition has suddenly worsened and he is in intensive care undergoing a new round of tests, Palestinian officials in France said today.