MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A Uruguayan official says the health of a resettled former Guantanamo detainee has taken a turn for the worse due to a hunger strike he launched to demand relocation to another country.

Government liaison Christian Mirza tells The Associated Press that Abu Wa'el Dhiab is struggling to stand upright and is in "extremely delicate" condition.

Paramedics were seen Wednesday outside the apartment where Dhiab is staying, and a friend of the former prisoner said he had fainted and was being treated.

Dhiab is a Syrian who was released from Guantanamo in 2014. He says he no longer wants to remain in Uruguay and would like to join his wife and daughters in Turkey.

Uruguayan officials say they are trying to find another country to accept him.