Hospital: Ailing China Nobel laureate in critical condition

Source: Associated Press

By GERRY SHIH
23 minutes ago

BEIJING (AP) — The hospital treating imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo said Monday his condition is now critical and doctors are in “active rescue” mode for China’s best-known political prisoner.

The First Hospital of China Medical University said in a statement that Liu, who has liver cancer, is suffering from a severely swollen stomach, low blood pressure and poor kidney function.

An MRI scan also revealed growing cancer lesions. The lesions have caused localized bleeding in his liver, the statement said.

Liu’s health has been the subject of international attention after news emerged in late June that the dissident had been transferred to a Chinese hospital because of late-stage liver cancer. Supporters and Western governments urged China to allow Liu to choose where he wants to be treated and to release him, which Beijing has so far resisted, citing Liu’s fragile health and arguing that he is receiving the best possible care in China.

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