MINSK, Dec 1 President of Belarus Viktor Babariko Maria Kolesnikova, who was previously hospitalized from a colony in Gomel to the intensive care unit of a local hospital, was transferred to the surgical department, the press service of Babariko's headquarters said on Thursday.
Earlier, they reported that an ambulance delivered Kolesnikova to the hospital on November 28, she was hospitalized in the first surgical department and transferred to intensive care. It was noted that she is in a stable serious condition with improvement. With reference to unconfirmed information, the press service reported that the cause of hospitalization was a perforated ulcer. Kolesnikova's lawyer Vladimir Pylchenko confirmed the report of his client's hospitalization, explaining that he had learned about it personally in the Homel hospital, but the reasons for the hospitalization were not given to him there. There is no official information about Kolesnikova's hospitalization, the hospital administration refused to comment.
«Maria's father managed to find out how she feels today. According to the doctors, she is getting better. She was transferred to the first surgical department from intensive care. Appetite normal, Masha had breakfast with yogurt and porridge. She was visited by a doctor from the colony, who assured her that after being discharged from the hospital, Maria would be provided with proper conditions and care,» the press service said.
It is noted that «Maria Kolesnikova herself knows her diagnosis from the doctors, as well as what and how the operation was performed,» but her father was not told the diagnosis.
Kolesnikova has been in a women's colony in Gomel since January. Earlier, the Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the complaint of members of the presidium of the coordinating council of the Belarusian opposition Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak against the sentence passed by the Minsk Regional Court, leaving it unchanged. In early September last year, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Kolesnikova and lawyer Znak to 11 and 10 years in prison, respectively. , provided for by the articles «conspiracy or other actions committed to seize state power», «calls for actions aimed at causing harm to national security» and «creation of an extremist formation or participation in it». They faced a maximum of 12 years in prison. The case was considered in a closed court session.