No complete request submitted by ex-Pres. Saakashvili for involving Polish doctors in his treatment - Special Penitentiary Service official
Urtkmelidze called on the former President to fulfil all medical recommendations of the doctors “for his own interests”, and noted the patient still refused to take medicines or follow parenteral nutrition, as well as any other medical interventions. Photo via 1TV.ge
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Malkhaz Urtkmelidze, the head of the medical department of the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia, on Tuesday said the country’s imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili had not yet submitted any complete request to involve the Polish doctors in his treatment.
Urtkmelidze called on the former President to fulfil all medical recommendations of the doctors “for his own interest”, and noted the patient still refused to take medicines or follow parenteral nutrition, as well as any other medical interventions.
The clinic Vivamedi appealed to the Special Penitentiary Service last week to evaluate the “expediency” of Saakashvili’s “further stay” in hospital. According to the clinic’s statement, since last year’s October, the patient has been refusing the proposed medical treatment regimen, “especially if it may have a positive effect on his health”.
Saakashvili was transferred from the No. 12 Prison in the city of Rustavi to the civilian clinic Vivamedi in the capital Tbilisi in May 2022.
The former President, who has Ukrainian citizenship and held a public post in the country, was arrested on return to Georgia in October 2021 and has been serving a six-year term for abuse of power in a case he had been convicted on. Three other cases against him are pending.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Monday said neither the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili nor his family and legal team had requested involvement of foreign medical professionals in his treatment following an offer by the Georgian authorities.
Officials of the ruling Georgian Dream party on Tuesday criticised the Norwegian Conservative Party for awarding the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili with the Sjur Lindebrække Prize for Human Rights and Democracy, a move they said was “cynical” towards the Georgian state and its citizens.
The civilian Vivamedi clinic in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, where the country’s imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been receiving treatment [since May 2022], on Wednesday appealed to the Special Penitentiary Service to evaluate the “expediency” of Saakashvili’s “further stay” in hospital.
Georgian justice minister Rati Bregadze on Tuesday said the government was offering the imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili to bring “any doctor from any foreign clinic” and involve them in his treatment in Georgia.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Friday said the European Court of Human Rights had rejected the imprisoned former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s request to be transferred to Poland’s capital Warsaw for treatment.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, on Friday, said the European Court of Human Rights ruling, rejecting the imprisoned former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s request to be transferred to Poland for treatment, confirmed that the Government’s action towards him “was appropriate and in accordance with the highest human rights standards”.