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Summary Egyptian state television, citing the head of the hospital, denied the coma news.
Egypts former President Hosni Mubarak, who has been hospitalised since April and now faces a trial, occasionally falls into coma but his condition is stable, a medical source said.A doctor in the hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh said, Mubaraks condition remains stable and he falls into coma occasionally so nothing is new in his condition,Earlier, Mubaraks lawyer said the former president had fallen into a coma.Egyptian state television, citing the head of the hospital, denied the lawyers statement.Mubarak stepped down from office February 11 after hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded an end to his 30-year rule.The former president, facing charges of abuse of power and killing protesters, is under treatment in Sharm el-Sheikh.
