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KHARKIV – Mykhailo Afanasyev, the chief of Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, where former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko is undergoing treatment, has said that the actions of the people's deputies, who blocked the exits of the ex-premier's ward on July 9 in the evening to protect her from possible transportation to the courtroom, "went beyond the reasonable limits," and promised to discharge Tymoshenko from the hospital in case the MPs repeat such actions.

“The events that took place on the territory of Ukrzalianytsia’s
central clinical hospital and outside it went beyond all reasonable
limits. I, as the chief of the medical establishment, have to state that
such behavior of the people’s deputies, their provocations, and
insinuations destabilize work of the hospital. They used their IDs to
enter the territory of the medical establishment and, as far as we
understand, used it to make statements and hold a PR event,” Afanasyev
said.

“I would like to recall that Tymoshenko is not the only patient at
clinical hospital No. 5, there are 450 patients here, and they are also
human beings and they have a right to get qualified aid in calm
conditions,” he said.

According to the chief of the hospital, following the events that
took place at the hospital on July 9 he had to declare that the people’s
deputies disrespect the patients, their relatives, and employees of the
hospital.

“I have to declare that in case the parliamentarians keep acting in
the same way I will have to discharge Tymoshenko, whose rehabilitation
procedures are over, she has received necessary medical aid, and thanks
to the treatment procedures she is active and successfully holds
meetings with lawyers and politicians for several hours almost every
day,” the chief of the clinic said.

As reported, on July 9 BYT-Batkivschyna parliamentary faction MPs
decided to spend the night at Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 “to
prevent unlawful actions against the ex-premier.” In the morning on
Tuesday, the head of the BYT-Batkivschyna faction Andriy Kozhemiakin
said that he was going to stay at the hospital during the hearing of the
criminal case on the activities of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine
Corporation at Kyivsky District Court of Kharkiv. Meanwhile, the court
hearing was postponed until July 23 due to the state of health of the
ex-premier.