Jerusalem ? Doctors reattached a piece of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s skull on Wednesday, a day after the surgery was delayed because of a respiratory infection, Hadassah Hospital officials said.

The operation was the eighth for Sharon since he suffered a debilitating stroke on Jan. 4. Doctors had removed the piece of skull during a previous operation on his brain.

Sharon was taken back to his room in the intensive care unit, where he has been hospitalized since his massive stroke.