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20/04/2009
Stephen Hawking 'Very Ill' In Hospital
One of the world's leading scientists, Stephen Hawking, is understood to be "very ill" in hospital.
Professor Hawking, 67, who has motor neurone disease, had "been unwell for a couple of weeks".
A spokesman for his employer Cambridge University, said he was undergoing tests at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
Professor Hawking, who worked at Cambridge’s Department of applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for more than 30 years, developed motor neurone disease while studying in the 1960s.
He speaks with the help of a voice synthesiser.
"Professor Hawking is very ill and has today been taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge," said the University spokesman.
"He is undergoing tests. He has been unwell for a couple of weeks."
Prof Peter Haynes, head of the University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, said: "Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague.
"We all hope he will be amongst us again soon."
(JM/BMcc)
Professor Hawking, 67, who has motor neurone disease, had "been unwell for a couple of weeks".
A spokesman for his employer Cambridge University, said he was undergoing tests at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
Professor Hawking, who worked at Cambridge’s Department of applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for more than 30 years, developed motor neurone disease while studying in the 1960s.
He speaks with the help of a voice synthesiser.
"Professor Hawking is very ill and has today been taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge," said the University spokesman.
"He is undergoing tests. He has been unwell for a couple of weeks."
Prof Peter Haynes, head of the University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, said: "Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague.
"We all hope he will be amongst us again soon."
(JM/BMcc)
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