- Hosni Mubarak's health has been deteriorating, an interior ministry spokesman says
- Mubarak has entered "into full coma," the spokesman says
- The 84-year-old former Egyptian president is in a prison hospital after being sentence to life in prison
- His attorney has requested his transfer to a private hospital
(CNN) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was in a coma Monday, a spokesman for the country's Interior Ministry said.
"Mubarak entered today into full coma. His two sons Gamal and Alaa submitted a request to the prison authority to move beside him and it has been accepted," ministry spokesman Alaa Mahmoud said. "His health has been deteriorating since the verdict, with high blood pressure, problems breathing, and irregular heartbeat."
Gamal and Alaa Mubarak are in jail, facing charges of insider trading and money laundering.
The elder Mubarak, 84, is in a Cairo prison hospital after being sentenced to life in prison June 2 for the killing of pro-democracy demonstrators last year. Mubarak was already suffering from health problems and attended court on a gurney.
Lessons for dictators in Mubarak's trial Mubarak's lawyer has submitted a request that he be moved from prison to a private hospital, Mahmoud said. The memo to prosecutors from lawyer Fareed El Deeb says that Mubarak would pay the expenses of his own treatment, Mahmoud said.
Mubarak's wife Suzanne and his son's wives were granted a pass to visit him Sunday in Tura prison, Mahmoud said.
Last Wednesday, a prosecutor's spokesman said Mubarak's health had taken a turn for the worse and he was placed on a ventilator several times.
Last week officials said Mubarak was in intensive care at the Tura prison hospital, suffering from a sharp rise in blood pressure and shortness of breath.
Journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy contributed to this report.
