Human right activist about reasons why Savchenko ceased hunger strike

March 9, 2015

Savchenko stopped hunger strike due to drastic deterioration of health

Journalist and human right activist Elena Masiuk informed this.

According to her, on March 7, 2015 Nadia Savchenko informed about ceasing her hunger strike, however, she wouldn’t cease it completely. The reason for such decision was deterioration of Savchenko’s health in course of the last 4 days of starvation.

According to Savchenko, after 80 days of hunger strike she suffered prolonged vomiting and spasms.

In addition, she began to lose orientation in space, when walking her body would cast from side to side, her motility was disrupted, Nadia could hardly write.

Savchenko plans to continue drinking broth, juices and nutritional vitamin mixture Nutrizon.

Source: unian.ua