At the head of Georgia from 2004 to 2013, the former head of state was imprisoned in October 2021, after several years of exile. According to his doctors, tests have revealed the presence of Mercury and Arsenic in his body.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
The former Georgian President Mikheïl Saakachvili was “poisoned” in prison in Georgia and risks death if he is not correctly treated, according to a report made public by his lawyers. American toxicologist David Smith says that “tests have revealed the presence of heavy metals” in the body of the former head of state. “With a reasonable degree of medical certainty”, these toxic agents, including Mercury and Arsenic, appeared in Mr. Saakachvili’s body after his imprisonment, added Mr. Smith.
According to this report dated November 28, the interested party presents the symptoms of “heavy metal poisoning” and is not treated correctly. The “increased risk of mortality is imminent” without adequate treatment, “which seems to have been refused or which is unavailable” in Georgia, warned Mr. Smith.
Mariam Jishkariani, another doctor, who chaired a council of doctors who examined Mr. Saakachvili, told the France-Presse agency on Monday that he had been “diagnosed with brain damage and a neuro- intoxication “. “He suffers from a number of serious illnesses, which are incompatible with his confinement,” she added.
At the head of Georgia from 2004 to 2013, Mikheïl Saakachvili had been imprisoned in October 2021, a few days after returning from an exile of several years, when he was wanted by Georgian justice.
54 years old, Mr. Saakachvili, who is also the leader of the opposition in this Caucasus country, was transferred to hospital last year after a hunger strike against his imprisonment for abuse of abuse power, that he judges political.
Tengiz Tsouladzé, member of a council of doctors set up by the Georgian Rights mediator, revealed Sunday that Mr. Saakachvili had “lost more than 40 kilos” during his detention.