Doctors found ex-President of Georgia Saakashvili with a brain disease, he may fall into a coma prison, they found he had a serious brain disease, due to which the politician could fall into a coma and die. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the ombudsman's office.
“Although a group of specialists created by the Public Defender, in a report dated November 17, assessed the patient's condition as critical and serious, because of ignoring the recommendations, Mikhail Saakashvili developed one of the most severe complications is Wernicke's encephalopathy, “the message says.
For a complete assessment of focal processes in the brain, the ex-president needs an MRI scan, including MR venography, an EEG study is also recommended.
The specialists called on the Minister of Justice and the Penitentiary Service to immediately transfer Saakashvili to a multi-field hospital with extensive experience. “Since there is a high probability of a dangerous complication caused by Wernicke's encephalopathy, status epilepsy or coma, which can be fatal,” the doctors concluded.
Earlier in November, the politician fainted after a long hunger strike, his eyes were opened with his hands … After that, they decided to transfer the patient from the prison hospital to the military hospital in the city of Gori.
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.