Former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has agreed to an operation to remove a polyp in his intestine which is scheduled for early January, the Segodnya newspaper reported on Friday referring to a press secretary of the People's Self-Defense Party Larysa Sarhan.
According to her, Lutsenko will be treated at his own expense in a private
clinic in Kyiv.
“The operation is very difficult and dangerous, after it the patient needs
two weeks for rehabilitation to prevent internal bleeding,” the press secretary
said.
“Yuriy Vitaliyovytch [Lutesnko’s] mom died of rectal cancer, and there is a
risk that it is hereditary. So far this is a benign tumor, which is 0.8 cm in
diameter, and it is growing very rapidly,” Sarhan added.
In the clinic, where Lutsenko wants to undergo the surgery, they said that a
polyp of 0.8 cm in diameter is considered to be large and a surgery may cost
around UAH 20,000.
The penitentiary officials said they were settling all the organizational
issues with the doctors.
