German doctors treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for a suspected poisoning say the dissident remains in an induced coma but his condition is stable and his symptoms are improving.
Navalny, a corruption investigator who is
one among Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, fell ill on a flight
back to Moscow from Siberia a few week ago and was taken to a hospital within
the Siberian city of Omsk after the plane made an forced landing .
Last weekend, he was transferred’ to the Charity
hospital in Berlin, where doctors found indications of “cholinesterase
inhibitors” in his system. Found in some drugs, pesticides and chemical nerve
agents, cholinesterase inhibitors block the breakdown of a key chemical within
the body, acetycholine that transmits signals between nerve cells.
He is being treated’ with the antidote
atropine. Charity said Friday that “there has been some improvement within the
symptoms caused by the inhibition of cholinesterase activity.”
“While his condition remains serious,
there's no immediate danger to his life,” the hospital said. “However, thanks
to the severity of the patient’s poisoning, it remains too early to measure
potential long-term effects.”
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