Physicians with various specializations will arrive from Canada and Germany to examine former prime minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, who has been sentenced to seven years, Ukrainian Canadian Congress CEO Taras Zalusky has said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
"Physicians from Germany are a neurologist and a specialist for problems with back and spinal disks. A head of the accident and emergency center of one of our hospitals, a very good diagnostics, a cardiologist, a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology and a therapist who has practice in toxicology will arrive from Canada," Zalusky said.
Zalusky also reported that Canadian government asked the Ukrainian Canadian Congress to select specialists who speak fluent Ukrainian and submit information to them.
The state penitentiary service said that the examination to be held on February 13.
Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) announced that it was ready to organize an examination of Tymoshenko by international and Ukrainian experts.
According to the PGO, experts from Germany and Canada will arrive in Ukraine on February 13 to examine Tymoshenko jointly with Ukrainian experts.
