She was on painkillers for two days after the alleged attack. “She is
very weak, she hasn’t eaten for seven days, only drinking water. Prison
officials threaten that they will force-feed her.”
Eugenia claimed that authorities may try to take her mother to a court hearing
on Saturday against her will. Tymoshenko failed to appear at the trial
earlier this month due to her ill health.
“I asked her to stop the hunger strike and not to resist if they try to
take her to court because they could hurt her even more. … But she says
she has no other choice, that she must do this otherwise they will walk away
unpunished.”
In Berlin, the head of Berlin’s renowned Charite hospital said it is “unlikely”
that Ukraine will be able to successfully treat Tymoshenko because the
hospital where she is being taken does not have the expertise to carry out
the complex procedure. Karl Einhaeupl and his team inspected the Kharkiv
facility earlier this month.
Tymoshenko has suffered severe back pain since October, but she refuses
treatment in Ukraine because “she does not trust the Ukrainian medical
system” and fears she will be deliberately infected, Einhaeupl told
reporters.
“I appeal to the Ukrainian president to be guided by humanitarian values
and let her travel abroad to Europe to receive treatment,” he said.
Source: AP
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