Hospital director on Sharon condition

(9 Jan 2006) SHOTLIST 1. Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef walking towards press area 2. Wide shot Hadassah Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Hadassah hospital's director: "As you all know, we started this morning to reduce the amount of anaesthetic medication to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. At the first stage, Mr. Sharon started to breathe spontaneously. Of course he's still connected to the ventilator but this is the first sign of some sort of activity of his brain, so we found it important to report it to you. We are still in the process of reducing the amount of anaesthetic medication and will come with a medical report in a few hours. Thank you very much. 4. Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef walks away STORYLINE Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing independently on Monday after doctors started waking him from his coma, a hospital official said. "Mr. Sharon started to breathe spontaneously. Of course he's still connected to the ventilator but this is the first sign of some sort of activity of his brain, " Hadassah Hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said. Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon off sedation could take hours or days. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...