Doctors say Ukrainian presidential candidate Yushchenko poisoned
12/12/2004 10:51
Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko
was the victim of poisoning by dioxin, his doctor said Saturday.
"There is no
doubt about the fact that the disease was caused by poisoning of dioxin," said
Michael Zimpfer, director of the Vienna Rudolfinerhaus hospital, where
Yushchenko has been receiving treatment.
"There were high concentrations of
dioxin, most likely orally administered," the doctor told a news conference at
the hospital. "We suspect a cause triggered by a third party."
Yushchenko,
50, spent a period at the Rudolfinerhaus clinic in September and October after
falling ill for unknown reasons. The symptoms include severe stomach ulcers,
spinal pains and disfiguring.
Yushchenko, who repeatedly claimed that he was
poisoned by his political rivals, returned Friday to Austria to receive further
treatment.
Xinhua
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