Georgia's third president, Mikhail Saakashvili, lost consciousness Nov. 18 during a meeting with lawyers at a prison hospital in Tbilisi.
"I can't make medical assessments, but he was in a very serious condition. When he fell while a stretcher was being brought, he was in a very bad condition. Misha was coming out of a meeting with his lawyers, had to go upstairs, but when he came out, he collapsed. The prison staff tried to open his eyes, then put him on a stretcher. Now I don't know what his condition is. Ten minutes after they took him away, I do not know where," said Basilaia.
Later the situation stabilized. According to the lawyer, the Office of the Public Defender received relevant information from the Special Penitentiary Service.
"The situation of ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has stabilized," said lawyer Beka Basilaia.
Saakashvili has been on hunger strike for 49 days.
