Ousted Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak went into a coma on Saturday, February 12, at his residence in Sharm al-Sheikh, according to informed sources.

Earlier, Mubarak flew to the Red Sea resort town with his immediate family following his final speech, in which he handed over executive authority to former Vice-President Omar Suleiman.

The same sources said that Mubarak was currently receiving medical treatment but that no decision had yet been made on whether to transfer the 82-year-old former head of state to hospital.

Rumors had circulated earlier that Mubarak had fainted twice while recording his final speech, which was broadcast on state television last week, Egyptian media reported.