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Former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko will undergo medical treatment at the central clinic of Ukrzaliznytsia in Kharkiv, the press service of the Health Ministry of Ukraine has reported.

According to the Health Ministry, on the orders of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine and at the request of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine it called the commission of experts that had examined Tymoshenko to decide on the ways to fulfill the recommendations of the international medical commission. The commission has departed to Kharkiv.

"The recommendations of doctors regarding Tymoshenko’s treatment are to be fulfilled under conditions of special hospitalization at a multifield medical establishment in Kharkiv – the central clinic of Ukrzaliznytsia – at the spine and peripheral nervous system pathology department," reads the ministry’s statement.

According to the Health Ministry, the material and technical base of the clinic meets all the requirements of German experts and was approved by all experts of the medical commission of the Health Ministry.

The clinic specializes in treatment of patients with such pathologies for many years, has highly qualified experts and developed methods of treatment. The medical establishment can completely carry out the recommendations on medical treatment, in particular in case of necessity to inject medicines directly in the areas affected by the disease.

In addition, the clinic has experience in "applying methods that are modern and recognized by international experts in the use of the latest physiotherapeutic equipment."

The ministry also said treatment at the clinic includes a number of rehabilitation procedures, namely therapeutic physical training, gymnastics, therapeutic massage, for a range of treatments for patients.

"The experts and their establishment in general are recognized by the international community as a highly specialized center for rehabilitation treatment of patients with such diseases," reads the press release.

As reported, on April 2, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka instructed the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine and the Health Ministry of Ukraine "to organize a medical examination and treatment for Tymoshenko at a special medical establishment outside Kachanivska colony."

The colony has not received the documents permitting Tymoshenko’s treatment at a specialized medical establishment.