MOSCOW. Sept 19 (Interfax) - Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving 20 years in a U.S. prison, has said he still needs professional medical aid but the administration of the Danbury correctional facility in Connecticut has done nothing to help him.
"Nothing has changed in prison as of yet. They took me to a hospital for medical consultation. I was told I needed a complete examination because I had a serious stomach condition and it was necessary to diagnose my disease and plan my treatment. I told them how prison doctors had treated me: I was treated with strong antibiotics but that did not help," Yaroshenko told the newspaper Izvestia in an interview published on Wednesday.
"You have to understand that nothing depends on doctors. The Federal Bureau of Prisons should first give permission for my examination and hospital treatment," Yaroshenko said.
Yaroshenko said he reported his health condition to the prison infirmary two months ago.
"I was told they would call for me. I came there again two weeks later. The answer was unchanged: 'You will be called for'. Last week I said again that I needed urgent aid and was waiting to see a doctor for two months. Nothing changed. This is the kind of aid given in the Danbury prison. I am in dire need of professional medical aid," Yaroshenko said.