Tymoshenko complains to EU official about hidden cameras in hospital

Jacek Protasiewicz
belsat.eu

Kharkiv, May 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Vice President of the European Parliament Jacek Protasiewicz has discussed with Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is being treated in Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, the conditions of her stay in hospital, the proposals of European Parliament President Martin Schulz, as well as the relations between Ukraine and the EU and their future.

“Firstly, we talked about Mrs. Tymoshenko’s conditions in hospital, and secondly, I asked if she needed more doctors, as suggested by Mr. Schultz. Thirdly, if she would agree to the attendance of the hearings of the appeal in her case by a representative of the European Parliament, which was also the proposal of Mr. Schultz. And finally, we talked in general about the relations between Ukraine and the EU and their future,” Protasiewicz told Interfax-Ukraine on Saturday after a meeting with Tymoshenko.

According to him, the former prime minister said that she did not require additional medical assistance since she was fully contented with the treatment proposed by Dr. Lutz Harms and other German doctors.

In addition, according to Protasiewicz, Tymoshenko is not against the presence of a well-known European politician at the hearing of her appeal, but believes that this should be an independent, impartial person whose authority caused no doubt.

When asked about Tymoshenko’s health, the EP vice president noted that she was “in a very disturbing psychological and emotional state.”

“Mrs. Tymoshenko is in a very difficult psychological and emotional state. The presence of surveillance cameras, both open and hidden (she is certain that there are hidden cameras) – all this doesn’t contribute to her recovery,” he said.

At the same time, the vice president of European Parliament said that he saw only three surveillance cameras, two mounted in the corridor and one in Tymoshenko’s ward.

He stressed that he saw no hidden cameras in the room, where his meeting with Tymoshenko took place, in the treatment room, nor in other rooms, but the ex-premier said that there were hidden surveillance cameras.

Protasiewicz also noted the high level of medical equipment in the hospital.