Mikheil Saakashvili's doctor demands transfer of former president to clinic - at this stage, the special penitentiary service doesn't say whether Saakashvili will be hospitalized

The Special Penitentiary Service doesn't say at this stage whether former President Mikheil Saakashvili needs to be taken to a clinic and, consequently, whether he will be hospitalized.

Mikheil Saakashvili's doctor demands transfer of former president to clinic.

"Hunger is strictly forbidden for such patients, it can cause damage to various organs. The prognosis in all cases is one - lethal outcome, death. I am going to go in and first meet with the prison director or the prison chief doctor to go through all the options, what to do at what time. It can happen that we get hypoglycemia, a sharp drop in sugar and if there are no resuscitation actions, we can get into a coma. He may need to be transferred at any moment, because the medical center of the prison itself is not equipped to carry out serious resuscitation treatments", - Nikoloz Kipshidze told Mtavari TV.

Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested on October 1. The former president has been on hunger strike since the day of his arrest.