Constitution of a medical team to investigate the truth about the illness of the former Mauritanian president
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the State of Nouakchott, in the west of the country, announced Monday the suspension of its hearings for a week and the constitution of a medical team responsible for examining the true state of health of former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in consultation with him.
The former president and his lawyers claim that “his state of health is deteriorating and requires treatment in an outpatient clinic”, which his opponents consider to be “an attempt to escape abroad” through the treatment gateway , in order to avoid possible judicial confirmation of the case. initial judgment handed down against him a year ago.
The court’s decision was met with applause and boos from the former president’s lawyers, relatives and supporters, who have been waging a social media campaign for several days to demand that the former president be sent abroad for treatment, while warning the authorities against any deterioration in his state of health or possibility of causing his death.
At the start of the hearing on Monday morning, the judge questioned the president of the court, former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, about his state of health, and he responded by saying: “My condition is deteriorating badly. worse.”
He said: “He suffers from numerous illnesses, including heart disease and complications from the surgeries he underwent, in addition to knee pain. He added, “He never received a visit from a doctor,” and then the prosecutor intervened, saying, “The director of prisons visited the former president and informed him that the state was ready to provide him treatment at any hospital or clinic inside. Mauritania”, adding: “Ould Abdel Aziz rejected the offer. »
Ould Abdel Aziz confirmed: “The prison administration sends a nurse to him every week to take samples for examination purposes, without any action being taken. » He added: “Doctors’ reports are useless if they do not result in a concrete medical decision. »
