Slovak Prime Minister Fico underwent another operation

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent another operation and his condition is still serious, Slovak Defence Minister Robert Calinjak said at a news conference today.

“Fico has again been operated today. His situation is still serious, but the prime minister is aware. The Slovak government is functioning normally”, Calinjak said, followed TA3.

Robert Kalinak, Slovak hospital where Prime Minister Robert Fico Photo is located: Tanjug/ AP Photo/Denes Erdos

University Hospital Director Roosevelt in Banska Bistrica, Miriam Lapunikova, said Fico is still in intensive care, adding that doctors have removed dead tissue. Even the Slovak government announced today that after Fitz's assassination, much inaccurate and fraudulent information appeared in the media, even after yesterday's press conference of government members and security forces.

“In this direction, the government office has once again sought from the media, politicians and the public to be based on officially announced information and to check facts”, the government's announcement said.

Newly elected Slovak President Peter Pellegrin said earlier this day that the Medical Council of Roosevelt Hospital will most likely meet Monday, when it must decide on the prime minister's further treatment and treatment. Pellegrin visited Fitz yesterday, after which he said doctors who care for him are not planning any new operations.

He stressed that the prime minister is awaiting critical hours and days, and that if doctors allow him to visit again. Fico was severely injured when on Wednesday, following the government's hearing in the town of Handlova, the attacker, who according to the media is 71-year-old writer Yuray Cintula, shot several shots in his direction closely.