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Friday, January 27, 2023
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Saakashvili's mother says her son weighs 68 kg and rapid process of cachexia has begun

According to Giuli Alasania, former president Mikheil Saakashvili continues to lose weight and the 'irreversible process' of cachexia begins.

As he told journalists after visiting his son, Saakashvili weighs 68 kilograms and his body is broken.

"The person weighed 120 kilograms, today it is 68 something grams... That is, a very rapid process of cachexia began, which is what the doctors meant when the experts diagnosed it. They said that a very rapid process would begin, and this process began. The body collapsed completely. If this is an average patient, then I don't know what a severe patient is like," said Alasania.

When asked by journalists who is putting pressure on doctors, Alasania answered: "Everyone is lying from beginning to end... who is doing it? We know that one person makes decisions in the country."

Journalists asked her to clarify whether Bidzina was referring to Ivanishvili, to which Alasania replied: "I don't know who is directly related to them, I'm speaking in general."



Mariam Jishkariani calls Bregadze's statement 'pressure on expertise' and attempt to damage reputation

Center Empathy head Mariam Jishkariani responded to the statement of the Minister of Justice who said today that according to Samkharauli's expert opinion, the diagnoses of 'empathy' are not 'reliable and infallible'.

Mariam Jishkariani said that this is pressure on expertise and an attempt to damage reputation.

"The Ministry of Justice conducted an examination of the Samkharauli Examination Bureau on the conclusion of the Center 'Empathy': is there a question? By which law? This is a pressure on expertise and an attempt to damage reputation.

Six international experts agree and sign the conclusion of the center. A total of 16 experts, we will study Samkharauli's expert opinion together with international experts and there will be an appropriate response.

Also, the public will be presented with the 'substantiated' conclusions of the council. They will have to make public all the conclusions, where they have diagnosed dementia," Jishkariani wrote.