World | Egypt Ex-Dictator Hosni Mubarak Returning to Hospital No details released about 84-year-old's health problems By Mark Russell Posted Dec 27, 2012 10:57 AM CST Copied In this June 2, 2012 file photo, Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/File) Hosni Mubarak is heading back to the hospital, reports CNN, this time with cracked ribs and a head injury after he reportedly slipped in a prison bathroom this month. Mubarak spent a month hospitalized over the summer with health problems, and at one point was rumored to have fallen into a coma and been clinically dead. A ruling on the 84-year-old's appeal of his life sentence in prison is expected Jan. 13. Read These Next Iran goes after 'the eyes' of opponents' defense systems. COVID's long-term effect on the brain may be worse than thought. Student fatally runs over teacher during toilet paper prank. After Trump's call, analysts see where voting vulnerabilities are. Report an error