Stephen Hawking "Very Ill" in Hospital

[Ivan Seeking]

Hawking "very ill"

LONDON (AFP) — Scientist Stephen Hawking, the author of "A Brief History Of Time", is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University said Monday.

Hawking, 67, has achieved international fame despite being wheelchair-bound because of motor neurone disease and having to communicate through a voice synthesiser.

"Professor Hawking is very ill," said a spokesman for the university, adding that the academic had been taken to hospital in the city by ambulance...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jiBccToRoUY5q5S43UgUN8XUzHBw

 

[Alfi]

Best wishes to him and his family.

Sad, but not surprising news.

 

[waht]

Hope he lives long enough to hear the discovery of the Higgs boson.

 

[George Jones]

Hope he lives long enough to hear the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Actually, he has bet that the Higgs boson will be a no-show!

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=254846

 

[waht]

Actually, he has bet that the Higgs boson will be a no-show!

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=254846

didn't know that heh

 

[Lacy33]

wishing him as easy a time as possible.

 

[George Jones]

Good news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8010058.stm.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

That is good news. The reports yesterday sounded pretty grim.

 

[turbo]

That IS good news. Anybody that suffers from respiratory illnesses can tell you that it can be quite exhausting to cough enough to clear mucus from airways, so a chest infection for a man in Hawking's condition could be big trouble. My wife's cousin is married to a respiratory therapist, and her toughest challenges involve people who are physically impaired or who suffer from paralysis or other conditions that make productive coughing difficult or impossible.