The verdict of Austrian doctors - Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned

In relation to the leader of the Ukrainian opposition, Viktor Yushchenko, an attempt was made to poison. This was announced at a press conference by the head of the Austrian clinic"Rudolfinerhaus" Michael Tsimpfer.

"For the last 24 hours, we completed work on blood tests and we have no doubt left. Definitely we are talking about an attempt to poison dioxins," said Tsimpfer. According to him, the clinic doctors approached with great care to answer this question, RIA Novosti reports.

At the same time, the doctor emphasized that Yushchenko could not die from this poisoning. “It was a serious illness, but not fatal. However, if timely measures were not taken, then everything could end tragically,” Tsimpfer said. Answering the question, who could poison Yushchenko, the doctor said: "This is a question not to doctors, but to criminal organs."

When asked, when poisoning was committed, Zimpfer replied that for the first time Yushchenko entered the clinic on September 10 of this year and poisoning, apparently, occurred five days before "or in this period of time."

The attending physician Yushchenko Nikolai Corpan emphasized that now the Ukrainian politician is completely efficient and needs only therapy, "which can be carried out on an outpatient basis." For others, he is not contagious, he especially noticed.

Viktor Yushchenko was taken to the Rudolfinerhaus clinic with inflammation of the stomach, small intestine, pancreas, ear, as well as swelling of the liver and paralysis of the peripheral facial nerve.

Dioxin is one of the most toxic technogenic substances. Experts say that the world does not exist bacteria that can effectively counteract it. It is worth a dioxine once to enter the human body, and he remains there forever, starting his long -term harmful effects. The poison causes a number of serious diseases, including the formation of malignant tumors, a decrease in immunity and mental disorders.

Meanwhile, Yuri Ostapenko, the head of the information-toxicological center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation , said that he doubts Yushchenko’s poisoning precisely.

Ekaterina Yushchenko sensed something was wrong on the day of poisoning

Earlier on Saturday, Ekaterina Yushchenko, the wife of a presidential candidate of Ukraine, said that her husband received and continues to receive threats in her address, because "there are people who consider him and the changes that he wants for Ukraine, as a serious threat to his own existence."

Ekaterina Yushchenko recalled that she sensed something was amiss that evening when poisoning occurred. She caught some kind of metal taste and smell of medications that came from her husband. “Unfortunately,” she added, “we only then realized that I was right.”

In turn, the head of the personal protection of the presidential candidate Yevgeny Chervonenko announced today in Vienna that the life of Viktor Yushchenko "is still under threat and he does not exclude repeated attempts."

The head physician of the clinic "Rudolfinerhaus" resigned

The head physician of the private Viennese clinic "Rudolfinerhaus" Lotar Vicke decided to resign and said that "on Sunday he would no longer be in the hospital." As the reason for such an unexpected step, he called the "overload of work", ITAR-TASS reports.

Meanwhile, observers believe that the resignation is associated with disputes around the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko. Because of them, serious internal disagreements arose among the staff, and a few weeks before the current arrival of a candidate for president of Ukraine for a new examination on the sidelines of the clinic, various medical documents and conclusions about Yushchenko’s illness began.

Two months ago, when Vicke spoke for the first time about Yushchenko’s strange illness, telephone threats began to come to him, so that the Austrian police was forced to take him on special guards.

In turn, the head of the clinic, Michael Tsimpfer, is by no means inclined to connect the resignation of the chief doctor with the Yushchenko case. “There is no war between the doctors either,” he said, adding that he has nothing against if Vicke changed his mind and wants to stay.

Kuchma promises a peaceful transfer of power

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma said that he was doing everything to be transferred to the new president of the country after the official publishing of the election results on December 26.

According to the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state, the President of Ukraine said this during a meeting with the American politician Richard Holbruck, who is the president and executive director of the Global Business Council and the business alliance against HIV/AIDS.

"I did and will do everything so that the elections to take place on December 26, and the power was transferred peacefully, without shocks immediately after the official announcement of the election results," Kuchma said. Holbrook noted the US special attention to the elections in Ukraine. "After the US election, these elections are the most important in the world," he said.

At the same time, the President of Ukraine drew attention to the continuation of blocking the opposition of the building of his administration, although an agreement was reached with Viktor Yushchenko on the removal of pickets. “We are talking a lot about democracy, but non -constitutional actions are continuing,” he said.