If the patient continues to lose weight and drops to less than 52 kg, he will die - Tengiz Tsuladze on Mikheil Saakashvili

If the patient continues to lose weight, exceeds the body mass index and falls to less than 52 kg, he will die, the person will not be able to withstand any more - says neurologist Tengiz Tsuladze, who testified at the trial of Mikheil Saakashvili. Tsuladze, who is a member of the Ombudsman Council, says that Mikheil Saakashvili is a serious patient - where the word cachexia is heard, it is serious. Cachexia is more severe than dementia - said Tsuladze to the lawyer's question - do you assess the patient's condition as severe? - when answering.

Tsuladze spoke about the methodology by which he examined Mikheil Saakashvili as part of the Ombudsman's expert group. According to Tsuladze, the third president visited and examined about 7 times during his imprisonment:

Weight loss is the most important factor. Losing weight is something that can have serious consequences. Cachexia is not just starvation. This is weight loss. Cachexia is associated with many diseases that this patient does not have, and if we approach it according to the protocol, it is not caused by starvation at all. This is anemia and fever, the cause of which is unknown. Cachexia will affect life expectancy dramatically," said Tengiz Tsuladze.

According to the latest data, Mikheil Saakashvili weighs 68 kg.