Alternative medical group demands visit to prison to assess Mikheil Saakashvili’s health condition

An alternative medical group, organized by the Empathy organization to assess and monitor the health of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, which includes doctors of various profiles, applied to the Penitentiary Service with a request to send a group of experts to the prison.

As Mariam Jishkariani, the head of Empathy, told InterpressNews, is the group of experts is not allowed to enter the penitentiary facility, it would be considered a discriminatory approach towards Mikheil Saakashvili.

The organization calls on the government and all relevant agencies to transfer Mikheil Saakashvili to a civilian type C-class clinic immediately.

“We have some medical documentation as well as anamnestic data from the Netherlands, but this information is not complete, these tests are dated October 22 and we want the latest data, including laboratory test results.

We applied to the Special Penitentiary Service and the Medical Service of Prisons and asked for entry in prison, i.e. the entry of experts for medical examination”, said Jishkariani.