Kharkiv - Kharkiv Mayor Hennadiy Kernes has been brought to Haifa central hospital in Israel, where he is being treated for a gunshot wound.
Kernes is still in a medically induced coma and on artificial lung respiration, the Kharkiv city council wrote on its website, citing healthcare department director Yuriy Sorokolat.
The decision to move the Kharkiv mayor was made overnight into Tuesday following a consultation between Israel doctors and Kharkiv emergency care hospital doctors.
“As of 9:00 Kernes was in Haifa’s central hospital and the flight went fine,” the mayor’s spokesperson Tetiana Hruzynska posted on her Facebook account.
“Israeli doctors arrived in Kharkiv at around 1 a.m. and joint consultation set the task of bringing [Kernes] out of shock and stabilizing his vitals. So the decision to fly was been made. Israel has had very successful experiences treating such injuries. We hope for the best,” Hruzynska said.
On April 28 at around 11:45 a.m. Kernes was wounded during a jog on Belgorod Highway in Kharkiv. The mayor was brought to an emergency hospital unconscious and underwent surgery. The bleeding was stopped but his condition was deemed serious and he was considered non-transportable.
A criminal case has been opened over the attempt made on Kernes’ life.
