Doctor gives Suharto "only 50-50 chance"

Reuters

13th Jan 2008

By Telly Nathalia

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's former president Suharto, who ruled the country for more than three decades, is in a "very critical condition" after almost all his organ functions failed, his doctor told a news conference on Sunday.

Mardjo Soebiandono, chief of the medical team treating the 86-year-old at a Jakarta hospital, said there was only a 50-50 chance that he could survive.

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