Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, recently disfigured as a result of poisoning, is to have plastic surgery.
And guess where he will be receiving treatment..
Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko will have plastic surgery in Israel to correct scars and cysts that have disfigured his face as a result of poisoning.Yushchenko is scheduled to travel to Israel after the repeat Ukrainian elections in late December, and has already been granted a visa, Moscow news agencies reported. Sources told Israel’s Maariv daily Yushchenko aides have been in Israel to make advanced arrangements for his treatment at a private facility in Herzliya.Austrian doctors have confirmed Yushchenko’s mysterious illness and change in appearance was caused by dioxin poisoning.“There is no doubt about the fact that Mr. Yushchenko’s disease has been caused by a case of poisoning by dioxin,” Dr. Michael Zimpfer, director of Vienna’s private Rudolfinerhaus clinic, said.Yushchenko must also be treated for liver problems and other ailments as a result of the poisoning, his doctor’s said.
Herzliya is not far from where I work. I wonder if the hospital will accept visitors.
