Ramos Horta reganha consciencia!

Depois de quase uma semana em estado de coma, o Presidente de Timor Leste, o Premio Nobel da paz Ramos Horta re-ganhou consciencia. Ramos Horta fora atingido por varias balas (no dia 11 de Fevereiro) disparadas por elementos rebeldes que o pretendiam sequestrar em frente a sua residencia em Dili! Ramos Horta regressava a casa depois de uma sessao de exercicios matinais a beira da praia.

Rapidas melhoras senhor presidente! Timor Leste e o mndo precisam de ti!

Um abraco,

MA

Timor president regains consciousness: spokesman

by Lawrence Bartlett 1 hour,

SYDNEY (AFP) - East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta has regained consciousness and spoken to family members after being in an induced coma since he was shot 10 days ago, his spokesman said Thursday.

"Doctors at Royal Darwin Hospital have reported that President Jose Ramos-Horta continued his steady recovery today and is slowly waking up," spokesman Luke Gosling said in a statement.
"The president has said a few words to family and is resting."
The Nobel peace laureate was airlifted to the hospital in northern Australia after being shot by rebel soldiers outside his home in Dili on February 11.
Hospital general manager Dr Len Notaras told AFP the president was aware that he had been shot but was probably unsure about details of the attack after being unconscious for so long.
"He certainly knows he was shot and that it was a very traumatic event. As to who did it and the rest of it, I'm not too sure about that and I would say that given the trauma there's probably a degree of confusion," he said.
The president had responded well to five operations to repair the damage caused by bullet wounds to the back and chest, including significant reconstruction work, Notaras said.
"His condition now, while it is still serious, is stable and it is a very satisfactory prognosis in the sense that without complications we expect him to continue on a smooth course to recovery."
Notaras said he expected Ramos-Horta to remain in intensive care for perhaps another week before the leader was in good enough condition to be moved to a more general area of the hospital.
Asked for a timeline for the president's recovery and ability to return to East Timor and to work, the doctor said he expected him to be up and moving "and possibly able to make decisions" in the next few weeks.
"But in terms of being able to be fully active and moving around with the punishing lifestyle of a president, I expect he will need more convalescence before he gets to that particular state," Notaras said.
The type of injuries Ramos-Horta suffered could take from six to eight weeks to heal in a basic sense, and up to six months overall, Notaras said.
"He has missed the last ten days of his life. Once he has the ability to reorient himself he will be able to be a lot clearer in his thoughts," he said. "But we need to keep him in a relaxed and stress-free environment so he can let his body heal."
East Timor has been under a state of emergency, with an evening-to-dawn curfew in place and gatherings banned, since the attacks blamed on rebels led by Alfredo Reinado who was killed in the gunfire.
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao was ambushed on the same day but survived uninjured.
Australian-led international peacekeepers along with UN and national police have been searching for at least 17 renegade soldiers accused of trying to kill the president and prime minister.