Last updated: Thursday, August 24, 2006
NOVELIST MAHFUZ'S CONDITION WORSENS
Egyptian writer and Nobel literature prize laureate NAGIB MAHFUZ has been placed on an artificial respirator after suffering a serious haemorrhage of the colon.
The prolific author, who has penned around 40 novels, has also required a blood transfusion.
Mahfuz, 94, was hospitalised last month (16JUL06) for kidney problems and pneumonia.
He became the first Arab writer to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1988.
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