Just a year after leaving his post as Reds reserve manager, the 44-year-old has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after falling ill last week.
Now a coach at Ipswich Town, Ablett was taken to hospital in Suffolk where he is being treated.
Ablett was missing from Ipswich's pre-season friendlies against Bury last week and West Ham on Saturday and is expected to be moved to Merseyside this week where intensive treatment will continue.
Said Keane: "Gary was taken ill at the training ground and taken to hospital. He is getting the best of treatment."
Ablett won two league titles and an FA Cup with Liverpool before moving across Stanley Park where he again lifted the FA Cup with Everton.
He later went on to become a youth coach with the Blues before switching back to Liverpool where he was installed as reserve team manager.
After guiding the Reds' second string to the league title in 2008 Ablett parted company with the Anfield club last summer when Rafael Benitez shuffled his backroom staff.
Ablett was then appointed manager at Stockport County but left the cash-stricken club in June after they were relegated to League Two.
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