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Sharon moved to long-term care facility
 In December, a month before a major stroke, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon chats with reporters. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSJERUSALEM (CNN) -- Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli prime minister who has been comatose for months, was transferred Sunday from Hadassah Medical Center to a long-term care facility near Tel Aviv, an official said. "We are expecting a difficult treatment because in his condition complications are expected," Dr. Zeev Rotstein, head of Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, told reporters. "We will treat him as best we can. It is not a short-term treatment. We are talking about long-term treatment." Sharon, 78, had been at Hadassah since early January, when he suffered a massive stroke. "I believe this is the right place for the former prime minister to continue our efforts to wean him off a respirator and to get him out of his coma," Rotstein said. "To achieve these two goals in a reasonable time, it means a couple of months." Ehud Olmert, who had been the interim prime minister after Sharon's stroke, assumed the PM job after he led the Kadima party to an election victory in March. Sharon, nicknamed "The Bulldozer" for his stamina during meetings and long working hours, is a former army general and larger-than-life personality in Israel. He was first elected prime minister in 2001 and re-elected in 2003. 
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