Giorgi Grigolia: Mikheil Saakashvili's condition is much worse - he has terrible cachexia, muscle wasting, he finds it difficult to stand up
If we want to preserve and protect Mikheil Saakashvili's health, it would be better if some political decision was made, said the member of the medical council of the Public Defender, Dr. Giorgi Grigolia, after visiting the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.
According to him, in the conditions of Georgia, where Mikheil Saakashvili feels like a prisoner and the stress that caused this disease is not relieved, the result will be the same in any clinic.
"Clinic Vivamed has published an official letter requesting the transfer to another institution. It does not say to which institution he should be transferred. I understand very well the employees and management of this clinic, Mikheil Saakashvili has been here for 10 months. There is a lot of pressure from all sides and they have no results, because his health condition is getting worse and not improving.
As for our position, we wrote our position a year ago, in the conclusion of April, it is said that recovery is impossible under our conditions. What caused this disease, the stress is not cured. He is in the environment in which he got sick, there is no point in transferring him from one clinic to another clinic, or to bring someone, to bring one or two specialists. If we want to preserve and protect Mikheil Saakashvili's health, it would be better if some political decision was made, I don't want to talk about this issue, whether it will be a postponement or a temporary transfer. I think that in the conditions of Georgia, where he feels like a prisoner, where the stress that caused this disease is not relieved, the result will be the same in any clinic," said Grigolia.
According to Grigolia, the members of the Public Defender's council will publish the report on Monday or Tuesday.
"Today we talked to the director of Vivamed clinic, Nino Nadiradze. We did not talk to other doctors today. Today we did not see his medical history, we saw the prescription. We haven't seen the records of the last two weeks. There will be no major changes in principle. We will publish the conclusion on Monday or Tuesday.
We can theoretically assume that there is self-harming. But what do we mean by self-harming, deliberately not eating and continuing to starve? Again, I note that the doctors on our council don't get that impression, but there are doctors who do. The result is now very bad, because there is terrible cachexia, muscle wasting, he finds it difficult to get up. As a result of 10 months of treatment, today Mikheil Saakashvili's condition is much worse than in May, when he entered this clinic. Therefore, I'm not saying that this clinic is incompetent and they can't treat, this result would happen in the clinic of any country. I say once again, the reason that caused this disease has not been removed," said Grigolia.
