Minister of Justice of Georgia: Saakashvili was transported from prison to hospital due to refusal of treatment 
Minister of Justice of Georgia Rati Bregadze said the transfer of former President Mikheil Saakashvili from prison no. 12 in the city of Rustavi to prison hospital no. 18 in Tbilisi was due to his refusal to receive treatment. He told about this on the air of the Georgian TV company Imedi.
“Mikhail Saakashvili refused a significant part of the treatment he was receiving and, accordingly, the risk that his health could deteriorate increased,” Bregadze said. He added that this decision was made for the safety of the former Georgian leader, who went on a hunger strike in prison.
Then it became known that the politician was transferred from the Rustavi hospital to the Gldani prison clinic. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that it was disappointed with Saakashvili's transfer to the Gldanskaya hospital without an agreement with Kiev. The ministry called on Tbilisi to immediately transfer the politician to a civilian medical institution, where he could receive appropriate assistance.
Mikhail Saakashvili was detained in Georgia on October 1 after he illegally entered the country. The politician was imprisoned under a sentence that was passed in absentia to him in the cases of the murder of banker Sandro Girgvliani several years ago. Saakashvili went on hunger strike in prison.