(Part No Access Egypt) EGYPT'S OUSTED LEADER HOSNI MUBARAK IS SAID TO BE IN DECLINING HEALTH...AND A SECURITY OFFICIAL REVEALED ON SUNDAY THAT HE'S BEEN SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS.MUBARAK HAS ALSO SUFFERED FROM AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT AND HE'S NEEDED HELP BREATHING.THAT INFORMATION COMES JUST DAYS AFTER HE WAS SENT TO PRISON TO START SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.AUTHORITIES HAVE SINCE ALLOWED HIS WIFE...AND THE COUPLE'S TWO DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW...SPECIAL PERMISSION TO VISIT HIM IN CAIRO'S TORAH PRISON.WITH RUMORS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S DEATH SPREADING FAST...CAIRO RESIDENTS SEEM SPLIT ON HOW HE SHOULD BE HANDLED.THIS MAN SAYS IF THE EX-LEADER IS REALLY THAT SICK HE NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO A HOSPITAL THAT'S FIT FOR A PRESIDENT.BUT OTHERS SAY MUBARAK MUST BE TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER PRISONER.THE 84-YEAR-OLD MUBARAK WAS CONVICTED EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR FAILING TO STOP THE KILLING OF PROTESTERS DURING THE UPRISING THAT OVERTHREW HIM LAST YEAR.___________________, ASSOCIATED PRESS.