George Best Fights For His Life

26-10-2005 23:00

GEORGE BEST 'FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE' IN HOSPITALBritish soccer legend GEORGE BEST is "fighting for his life" in a London hospital, where he is in a critical condition on a life support machine suffering from internal bleeding.The former Manchester United and Northern Ireland player, as famous for his alcoholism as his soccer skills, has spent three weeks in intensive care with an infection at the British capital's Cromwell Hospital. ^{Son Callum is at his fathers bedside as his condtion continues to deteriorate}

His model son CALUM and his 85-year-old father DICKIE yesterday (26OCT05) flocked to Best's bedside.Surgeon ROGER WILLIAMS says, "We are not giving up. There's still a chance we can get him through this."Best had a liver transplant in 2002, and Professor Williams says prescribed drugs needed after this operation, and not excessive drinking, were the cause of his current illness.The 59-year-old's friend and agent PHIL HUGHES adds, "His kidney infection is now affecting other organs. There is internal bleeding. He is seriously ill and fighting for his life.