Mikheil Saakashvili was transferred to a prison hospital in the Gldani district of Tbilisi a prison hospital in the Gldani district of Tbilisi. This was reported by the Novosti-Georgia portal with reference to the Special Penitentiary Service.
The organization said that the ex-president was transferred there “to avoid deteriorating health and due to the increased danger”. “We will gradually provide the public with additional information,” the department said.
The politician's lawyers strongly objected to the transfer to the hospital of the Gldani prison. They insisted that Saakashvili was in danger, since there are dozens of prisoners, including those with mental disorders.
Earlier, the ex-president's mother said that he was taken out of the prison in Rustavi by helicopter.
< p>