Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, say state media.
It happened as he was being questioned by prosecutors over allegations of corruption and the killing of hundreds of protesters, reports said.
The manager of the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh was earlier quoted saying the 82-year-old's condition was stable.
Mr Mubarak stood down on 11 February following an 18-day popular uprising against his rule.
Mr Mubarak's two sons, Alaa and Gamal, are also under investigation and are being questioned at the prosecutor's office in the provincial capital of el-Tor.
"There is a state of confusion inside the hospital and only patients are allowed in," Ashraf Swaylam, a news reporter for the state-run station Nile TV, said earlier.
The hospital was accepting no patients except for emergency cases, another local media report said.
Protesters picketed the hospital, denouncing the president and carrying a sign reading "Here is the butcher", AP news agency reported. They scuffled with supporters of Mr Mubarak.
Media reports say the health minister is to give a statement on the matter.
Mr Mubarak underwent gall bladder surgery in the German city of Heidelberg last year and there were reports that he had remained in poor health, although his aides had denied this.
Media roprts says it is understood that the former president's doctors had asked Egypt's ruling military council for permission to send him back to Germany for treatment, but that this was refused.
Mr Mubarak has been banned from leaving the country, along with his sons and their wives, and the family's assets have been frozen. He denies any wrongdoing.
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