Jacques Demers in stable condition as health improves: hospital

MONTREAL – Senator and former hockey icon Jacques Demers is in stable condition after an improvement in his health following a stroke.

He has improved to the point that doctors are planning to move him out of intensive care in a Montreal hospital and into the inpatient stroke unit.

“Senator Demers’ family is at his bedside and they are able to interact with him,” Sandra Sciangula of the McGill University Health Centre said in a statement. “The family appreciates the extraordinary care deployed by the medical team and thanks the public for the respect demonstrated for their privacy.”

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The next medical update is scheduled for Monday afternoon.

Demers, 71, was rushed to hospital Wednesday night.

Demers, who coached the Montreal Canadiens to their 1993 Stanley Cup victory, is a patient of the team’s current doctor, David Mulder.

He resigned from the Conservative caucus in the Senate a few months ago and sits as an Independent.

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