Doctor Giorgi Grigolia: Mikheil Saakashvili's cachexia has developed further, bone loss has already begun - he cannot and is not provided with adequate treatment

This is natural, what is happening to Mikheil Saakashvili - he is losing weight, losing muscles, and bone loss has already started - because he cannot and is not provided with adequate treatment, stated doctor Giorgi Grigolia, one of the members of the medical council set up by the Public Defender.

As he explained to IPN, during the preparation of a new report by the doctors of the med council of the Ombudsman Office, it was revealed that the diagnosis of cachexia on the former president "has developed further."

"This is natural if the patient's health does not improve, and we have been watching this since the end of September. We saw on December 4, February 19, and these processes are deepening, cachexia is developing further. This is natural, what is happening to Mikheil Saakashvili - he is losing weight, losing muscles, and bone loss has already started. It is slowly progressing regularly, because he cannot and is not provided with adequate treatment," said Grigolia.

According to him, if he reaches 55 kilograms, then absolutely irreversible processes will begin.

"The conclusion of our council is almost ready, Ombudsman will make a decision on when to make it public. The new details are that the deep cachexia has developed, he has lost another 6 kilograms in these two and a half months, and we are talking about in this report what could follow such a catastrophic loss. Depending on his height, the catastrophic weight is 55 kilograms, if he reaches this 55 kilograms, then absolutely irreversible processes will begin. Today, he is 64 kilograms, and the weight was a little more at the time of the examination, we do not know how the processes will develop, if this decrease continues, it will be a catastrophic result, and we will talk about these risks in our final report.

We did not have access to the medical card at the time of the last visit, but the Ombudsman service obtained this information. All our subsequent visits are planned by the Ombudsman service. Perhaps, first we should make a conclusion of the previous visit, and then perhaps we should think about whether the visit will be held again," said Giorgi Grigolia.