The Government has granted former President Mohamed
Nasheed permission to travel to the United Kingdom to undergo the
surgery recommended by his local doctors, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs has revealed.
The Ministry had revealed this news via a tweet posted on Saturday.
According to the Ministry, "Former President Mohamed Nasheed was granted permission under the condition to serve the remainder of the sentence upon return to the Maldives after the surgery."
The Ministry had revealed this news via a tweet posted on Saturday.
According to the Ministry, "Former President Mohamed Nasheed was granted permission under the condition to serve the remainder of the sentence upon return to the Maldives after the surgery."
In early January, the former President’s lawyer Hassan
Latheef had said that the doctors had recommended some pre-surgery
exercises and physiotherapy for Nasheed, and claimed that Maldives
Correctional Services had denied the former President the opportunity to
follow the doctors’ recommendations.
“In President Nasheed’s medical report, the doctor has clearly said that the current prison setting is not suitable for physiotherapy. The prison does not have the resources for it. Therefore, the former President must be transferred to house arrest”, Latheef insisted.
The former President had recently requested for permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Maldives Correctional Service had, on December 27, confirmed that no decision had been made regarding former President Nasheed’s medical case yet.
When contacted by RaajjeMV regarding media reports suggesting MCS had rejected Nasheed’s request, Information Officer Moosa Rameez said that despite having learnt Nasheed’s surgery can be performed in Maldives, the MCS Medical Board had not reached a final decision.
“We have received assurances from the hospital that Nasheed’s surgery can be performed here in Maldives. But there is a special medical board making decisions on such matters. They have not reached a conclusion yet”, he added.
Nasheed was brought to ADK Hospital in Male’ for a consultation with a neurologist on December 26, 2015.
The Correctional Service had previously revealed that it would take into consideration the jailed former President’s wish ”even if his surgery can be performed in the Maldives”.
In an interview with RaajjeMV, Commissioner of Prions Mohamed Husham said that doctors at ADK Hospital had given two options for Nasheed’s surgery: a minimally invasive method called the ‘keyhole surgery’ or the ‘open surgery’ method, and highlighted that the Correctional Service had now received assurance that both methods can be performed in the Maldives.
He, however, noted the Correctional Service had not received “an official word” regarding the surgery from Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) yet.
“In President Nasheed’s medical report, the doctor has clearly said that the current prison setting is not suitable for physiotherapy. The prison does not have the resources for it. Therefore, the former President must be transferred to house arrest”, Latheef insisted.
The former President had recently requested for permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Maldives Correctional Service had, on December 27, confirmed that no decision had been made regarding former President Nasheed’s medical case yet.
When contacted by RaajjeMV regarding media reports suggesting MCS had rejected Nasheed’s request, Information Officer Moosa Rameez said that despite having learnt Nasheed’s surgery can be performed in Maldives, the MCS Medical Board had not reached a final decision.
“We have received assurances from the hospital that Nasheed’s surgery can be performed here in Maldives. But there is a special medical board making decisions on such matters. They have not reached a conclusion yet”, he added.
Nasheed was brought to ADK Hospital in Male’ for a consultation with a neurologist on December 26, 2015.
The Correctional Service had previously revealed that it would take into consideration the jailed former President’s wish ”even if his surgery can be performed in the Maldives”.
In an interview with RaajjeMV, Commissioner of Prions Mohamed Husham said that doctors at ADK Hospital had given two options for Nasheed’s surgery: a minimally invasive method called the ‘keyhole surgery’ or the ‘open surgery’ method, and highlighted that the Correctional Service had now received assurance that both methods can be performed in the Maldives.
He, however, noted the Correctional Service had not received “an official word” regarding the surgery from Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) yet.
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