Chinese doctors scramble to 'rescue' ailing Nobel laureate

Protesters in Hong Kong have also demanded the release of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo.-AFP

Beijing (AFP) - A Chinese hospital said Tuesday it was scrambling to save terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, while human rights groups decried his treatment by the authorities and the leak of a video showing him in his sickbed.

The health of the prominent 61-year-old democracy advocate has deteriorated since authorities revealed last month that he had been transferred from prison to a hospital due to late-stage liver cancer.