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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko who is held in Kachanivska penal colony in Kharkiv refused a medical examination on Wednesday, the press service of the State Penitentiary Service reported.

According to them, Tymoshenko made a request to Kachanivska colony’s leadership to be checked up by a commission.

On Wednesday, the commission of the Health Ministry of Ukraine, which was made up if leading medical specialists, arrived in the colony.

"Tymoshenko refused the proposed medical examination. She said that she had no claims to the medical staff of the State Penitentiary Service and the Health Ministry of Ukraine," the report reads.

The Health Ministry’s representatives made recommendations concerning Tymoshenko’s treatment.