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Tymoshenko seeks medical treatment delay
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KIEV, May 7 – Jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who suffers from back pain, will probably need 12 days to recover from a hunger strike before she can begin medical treatment, her lawyer said Monday.

Oleksandr Plakhotniuk said it was too early to say that Tymoshenko will be transferred to a Kharkiv state-run hospital on Tuesday because she needs to stop the hunger strike first.

“Today, if I am not mistaken, is day 19 of the hunger strike. No one is talking about ending the strike just yet,” Plakhotniuk said, quoted by Interfax-Ukraine. “All she is drinking is water.”

The comment suggests that Tymoshenko’s medical treatment for back pain may be eventually delayed despite the arrival of a German doctor on Monday.

Tymoshenko tentatively agreed last week to have her back condition treated at the local hospital under the supervision of a German doctor. The treatment was originally expected to begin on Tuesday.

But Plakhotniuk said Monday that Tymoshenko will most likely need time to recover from the hunger strike before the back pain treatment begins.

“This is very dangerous,” Plakhotniuk said. “She is on the hunger strike for almost 20 days. I believe that the body must recover from that. At least 10 to 12 days are needed. But I am not a doctor, so I can’t say exactly when the treatment can begin.”

The delayed treatment means Tymoshenko will most likely skip a court session scheduled on May 21 as prosecutors have pressed charges against her over alleged embezzlements during the time she had led United Energy Systems of Ukraine, a natural gas trader, 16 years ago.

Without Tymoshenko’s presence, the judge will not be able to begin the session, which means it will again be rescheduled.

Tymoshenko, 51, is on a hunger strike to protest alleged mistreatment in prison as she serves a seven-year sentence on charges of abusing her powers when she was prime minister.

Critics have described her case as politically motivated, saying President Viktor Yanukovych, Tymoshenko's rival in the 2010 presidential election, orchestrated her prosecution. Government officials have denied any claims of bias in the case.

Tymoshenko has claimed she was beaten by prison guards and showed bruises. But Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka told reporters Friday that there are no grounds to assert that she had been beaten. (tl/ez)




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