Former IOC President Samaranch suffers "acute coronary insufficiency": hospital

MADRID, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, has been " suffering from acute coronary insufficiency and his prognosis is very bad," a spokesman for Barcelona's Quiron Hospital said on Tuesday.

Quiron Hospital doctor Rafael Esteban Mur speaks at a news briefing on Samaranch's condition, in Barcelona, Spain, April 20, 2010. (Xinhua/Miguel Berasategui)