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“A cholinesterase inhibitor was diagnosed at Charite Hospital,” he said. For the first time in four pages, doctors described symptoms caused by a nerve paralyzing substance developed by Moscow in the 1980s, which belongs to the Novičiok group.
A. Navalnas was suffering from a coma, his heart rate abruptly slowed, his body temperature dropped to 34.4 degrees, and at the same time, to 33.5 degrees, according to an article prepared with the patient’s consent. Russia still denies having poisoned A. Navalna on 20 August in the Siberian city of Tomsk.
Doctors from the Omsk Clinic diagnosed A. Navalnas with only a metabolic disorder at the age of 44. Moscow has repeatedly demanded proof of poisoning. Doctors at the Charité Hospital pointed out that his blood and urine samples were taken on August 22, when Navaln was taken to Berlin.
The Bundeswehr laboratory later discovered that Navaln had been poisoned by a banned Novičiok fighter. This has been confirmed by three other laboratories in France, Sweden and the Organization for the Insurance of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Doctors compared the effects of Novičiok with those of the organophosphates used for chemical pest control. They speculate that A. Navaln survived because he received help very quickly after the onset of symptoms, including the use of the antidote atropine and artificial respiration.
Mr. Navaln, according to the article, was very lucky that the attack didn’t end much worse. “His good health before the poisoning probably helped him recover,” the doctors said.
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