(16 Jan 2008)
16 January 2008
1. Wide of hospital with flower arrangement for former Indonesian leader Suharto on right
2. Wide of news conference given by Suharto's doctors
3. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Mardjo Soebiandono, Chief of Presidential Doctors:
"His heart and lung functions are still unstable. There are still some liquid building up in his lung and there are signs of whole-body infection."
4. Pan from media to doctors at news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Christian Yohannes, Suharto's doctor:
"The ventilator is only used to help his breathing. We see that Suharto has started to breathe on his own so we are beginning to do the process of weaning which is to slowly remove the ventilator."
6. Wide of doctors leaving news conference
15 January 2008
7. Wide of former Indonesian President Habibie talking to media after visiting Suharto
8. Various of Habibie
STORYLINE:
Doctors treating former Indonesian dictator, Suharto, said on Wednesday that he is to be taken off a ventilator amid signs he is breathing on his own.
The condition of Suharto slipped to a new low on Tuesday, as he developed a potentially deadly blood infection and his heart became unstable, his medical team said.
The further deterioration reduced the likelihood that Suharto, 86, would recover from multiple organ failure suffered since falling ill earlier this month.
"His heart and lung functions are still unstable. There are still some liquid building up in his lung and there are signs of whole-body infection," Mardjo Soebiandono, the Chief of Presidential Doctors told reporters during a news conference on Wednesday.
But Suharto's personal doctor said that he would be taken off the ventilator.
"We see that Suharto has started to breathe on his own so we are beginning to do the process of weaning which is to slowly remove the ventilator," Christian Yohannes said.
Suharto had developed the serious medical condition called sepsis, which is characterised by a whole-body inflammatory state caused by infection.
Sepsis can progress to blood circulatory dysfunction, further multiple organ failure and eventually to death. It is considered more dangerous for elderly people or patients in critical condition and can lead to septic shock, which has a fatality rate of more than 60 percent.
Doctors responded by maximising intensive care and administering intravenous anti-infection drugs.
Suharto was rushed to a hospital in Jakarta, with anaemia, failing kidneys and heart trouble on January 4.
After initially responding well to a blood transfusion and dialysis, his health sharply deteriorated. Aides said privately he appeared several times to be on the verge of death.
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