Bakiyev is deprived of immunity
The interim government of Kyrgyzstan, which removed the country’s president Kurmanbek Bakiyev from power, stated that the country’s leader, while formally maintaining his position, has been deprived of immunity. The Kyrgyz national information agency Kabar quotes the acting general prosecutor of the country Azimbek Beknazarov, who reported that the government didn’t prevent people in the south of the republic from holding meetings in support of Bakiyev “with the purpose of avoiding conflicts and other controversies.” The official added that a criminal case was initiated against Bakiyev, and that he had failed to surrender to the authorities: “special services will begin an operation to capture him.” In the meantime the US Embassy in Bishkek publicly announced that, despite the rumors, it had no intention of providing refuge for the ousted president or assisting him in leaving Kyrgyzstan. Bakiyev who, according to his own words, doesn’t plan to step down and abdicate voluntarily, gave a speech to his supporters in the south of the country in the Jalal-Abad region. He called the government of national trust of Kyrgyzstan “illegitimate” and appealed to the current government of Bishkek to abstain from attempts to detain him. Bakiyev was removed from power as a result of widespread unrest in Bishkek and other cities across the country last week. During attempts to disperse crowds over 80 people died.
Ukrainian children with cardiac defects to be operated less intrusively
From now on children with cardiac defects in Ukraine can be operated without cutting the chest, reports UNIAN with reference to the Ministry of Public Health’s press service.
In 2009 seven medical apparatuses (occluders) were purchased with the money that had been gathered by benefactors in 2009. This equipment tools will enable doctors to perform a surgery on a child’s heart without cutting his chest. The use of this modern technology will cut the time the child has to spend in intensive care. However, in order to perform more surgeries more occluders should be purchased, one for each patient.
Today more than 100 children are waiting for an endovascular surgery. The Ministry of Public Health has informed that orphans, and children from incomplete and low-income families who had been waiting for treatment for a number of years were selected to have a surgery with the use of occluders. Every year there are nearly 5,000 children born with congenital cardiovascular anomalies, while 40,000 are registered as requiring treatment in children’s hospitals. Thousands of them are waiting for complex surgeries. Cardiac surgeries is the only way to save children with congenital cardiovascular defects.
