AP, Singapore :
The health condition of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew “has worsened”, the government said today, as the critically ill founding leader of the city-state entered his seventh week in hospital.
The 91-year-old Lee has been in the Singapore General Hospital since February 5 suffering severe pneumonia and is being helped to breathe using mechanical ventilation, a form of life support.
The government said this week that his condition had deteriorated and that he was critically ill.
In its latest statement today, the office of his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said: “Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s condition has worsened.”
The patriarch has been credited with transforming the tiny island-state from an economic backwater into one of the world’s richest societies in just over three decades.
Prime Minister Lee posted the latest bulletin on his Facebook page and was immediately flooded with well wishes and messages of support.
The health condition of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew “has worsened”, the government said today, as the critically ill founding leader of the city-state entered his seventh week in hospital.
The 91-year-old Lee has been in the Singapore General Hospital since February 5 suffering severe pneumonia and is being helped to breathe using mechanical ventilation, a form of life support.
The government said this week that his condition had deteriorated and that he was critically ill.
In its latest statement today, the office of his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said: “Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s condition has worsened.”
The patriarch has been credited with transforming the tiny island-state from an economic backwater into one of the world’s richest societies in just over three decades.
Prime Minister Lee posted the latest bulletin on his Facebook page and was immediately flooded with well wishes and messages of support.
