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Pshonka gives green light to Tymoshenko's medical treatment outside prison

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April 2, 2012, 12:33 p.m. | Politics — by Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka has given permission for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to obtain medical treatment outside the penal colony in Kharkiv where she is serving her prison term.
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Ukraine's Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka has given permission for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to obtain medical treatment outside the penal colony in Kharkiv where she is serving her prison term. "After considering a relevant address by Tymoshenko's defense team, handed to him by members of the BYT parliamentary faction during a meeting on March 23, 2012, Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka instructed the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine and the Health Ministry to take steps to ensure Tymoshenko's medical examination and treatment at a specialized medical center outside Kachanivska penal colony in compliance with the law," the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reported on April 2.
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Саша Левко April 2, 2012, 2:09 p.m.    

Why is there no mention of the location of this medical establishment? Is it in Ukraine? Are my taxes going to be used to provide secure transport and adequate guard against absconding or will she pay the expenses incurred from this choice she has made to be treated elsewhere? Most important question for me is: - Will the Prosecutor General be granting all our inmates the same privilege?

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