(CNN) — The “main diagnostic hypothesis” of the Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny is “a metabolic disorder that caused a sharp drop in blood sugar,” state RIA Novosti reported, citing Alexander Murakhovsky, chief physician of the Omsk emergency hospital.
On Friday morning, a board of medical experts who evaluated Navalny determined that his condition made him “impassable” and “he will not be transported to the Berlin Charite clinic for now, although this is what his relatives want,” continued RIA. .
According to the RIA report, experts have ruled out stroke, heart attack, or infections, including coronavirus.
Navalny’s team, meanwhile, claim that his illness, and the hospital’s decision not to allow him to travel to Germany, are the result of his exposure to a “deadly substance.”
The hospital also said Friday that they do not believe he was poisoned.
No poisons were found in Navalny’s blood or urine, so “we do not believe that the patient was poisoned,” Anatoly Kalinichenko, deputy chief physician of the Omsk emergency hospital, said at a press conference with journalists on Friday. local.
«No poisons or traces of their presence have been identified on the body. Probably the diagnosis of “poisoning” remains in our minds. But we do not believe the patient was poisoned, “Kalinichenko said.
“We understand the concerns and concerns of the relatives and we are ready to attend to them to reach a middle ground by inviting specialists, including those from the institutions that requested,” Kalinichenko continued.
