Georgia's former president Mikheil Saakashvili will die if he doesn't obtain correct care, medical doctors warned on Friday.
Saakashvili has twice gone on starvation strike in current months to protest in opposition to his imprisonment, weakening his well being.
The 54-year-old refused to eat for 50 days after which for one more 20 days after he was convicted of abuse of energy. He denied the fees and says his imprisonment was political.
On Friday, a panel of unbiased medical doctors who examined Saakashvili in jail stated he was affected by a extreme neurological dysfunction, in addition to anorexia and post-traumatic stress dysfunction.
They've known as for Saakashvili to be urgently transferred to a hospital the place he'll not be subjected to "stress elements".
Docs warn that the previous President may in any other case develop neurological issues that would trigger multi-organ dysfunction and result in a "deadly consequence".
Georgian authorities have up to now dismissed medical considerations about Saakashvili which were raised by medical doctors and his supporters.
The chief of the ruling Georgian Dream get together, Irakli Kobakhidze, has claimed that Saakashvili "isn't proud of the decline in his lifestyle since he has been imprisoned".
"He simply must eat some eggs and contemporary cheese, and every part might be positive," Kobakhidze added.
Saakashvili -- who led Georgia from 2004 to 2013 -- was arrested and jailed in October 2021 on his return to the nation after years in exile.
His arrest exacerbated a political disaster in Georgia that erupted after parliamentary elections in 2020, which had been narrowly gained by the ruling get together narrowly amid claims of fraud by the opposition.
Saakashvili ended his most up-to-date starvation strike in March, stating that he and his supporters wanted to be ready amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Georgia, which borders Russia and in addition has ambitions to hitch the EU and NATO, was the sufferer of a Russian navy offensive in 2008.
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