The doctor in charge of treating Yushchenko at a private hospital in Vienna, Nikolai Korpan, told journalists in the Austrian capital today that the cause of Yushchenko's illness remains "totally open."
Earlier, the hospital had issued a statement saying its doctors had found no medical evidence to support Yushchenko's assertion that someone poisoned him.
A spokeswoman for Yushchenko insisted in Kyiv that Yushchenko had fallen ill as a result, in part of "chemical substances not usually found in food products."
Yushchenko is leading in polls for Ukraine's 31 October elections to replace outgoing President Leonid Kuchma.
The 50-year-old opposition leader complained of an infection on 6 September and underwent tests in Vienna on 10 September to diagnose his illness, after Ukrainian doctors had found that he simply had a flu.
(AFP/AP)
Earlier, the hospital had issued a statement saying its doctors had found no medical evidence to support Yushchenko's assertion that someone poisoned him.
A spokeswoman for Yushchenko insisted in Kyiv that Yushchenko had fallen ill as a result, in part of "chemical substances not usually found in food products."
Yushchenko is leading in polls for Ukraine's 31 October elections to replace outgoing President Leonid Kuchma.
The 50-year-old opposition leader complained of an infection on 6 September and underwent tests in Vienna on 10 September to diagnose his illness, after Ukrainian doctors had found that he simply had a flu.
(AFP/AP)
