Penitentiary Service responds to Saakashvili's lawyer's claims that the ex-president had been poisoned
By Liza Mchedlidze
Monday, November 21, 2022
The Special Penitentiary Service responded to the information released by Mikheil Saakashvili's lawyer regarding the possible poisoning of the ex-president.
The agency stated that no one has provided them with an official report confirming the veracity of the information about the poisoning.
The Special Penitentiary Service stated that Mikheil Saakashvili is in the hospital under medical supervision and appropriate medical measures are being taken.
"In order to avoid misinforming the public, we call on everyone to refrain from spreading unverified and unsubstantiated information," the statement reads.
Mikheil Saakashvili's lawyer, Valeri Gelbakhiani, said that Saakashvili was poisoned.
"Experts directly indicate that the signs that characterize poisoning are the elements found in Mikheil Saakashvili's body as a result of biopsy research. The dynamics that followed his diseases in terms of health deterioration is the reason to say that he is poisoned, otherwise no disease would develop like this.
If the duration coincides with the period of stay in Vivamed, naturally, then Vivamed will be responsible for it, if not, then the place where it was placed before," Gelbakhiani said in an interview with TV Pirveli. The ex-president's mother, Giuli Alasania, said that Mercury was found in Mikheil Saakashvili's body.
The Empathy Center will publish a report on Mikheil Saakashvili's health condition. Along with the Georgian doctors, Saakashvili's condition was examined by doctors invited from abroad.
