Health Ministry: Four People Hospitalized after Rally Dispersal

The Ministry of Health has released a statement, reporting on those hurt during the dispersal of the Tuesday rally.
“Four people were hospitalized after police dispersed a protest rally outside parliament building today,“ reads the statement of Ministry of Health released earlier today.

“One person has already been discharged, while three patients are still in hospitals,” the statement reports.

“None of the patients have damaged eyes, though one of the patients has been hurt in the facial area. Examinations ar eongoing and we don’t yet have the information about broken facial bones. One of the injured is a journalist of Mtavari Arkhi who hurt his hand,” the Ministry said in its statement. 

The information surfaced earlier that a man was reportedly shocked by cold water after riot police used a water cannon to disperse the rally. The Health Ministry denied the reports, claiming that the man was suffering instead from alcohol intoxication.

By Nini Dakhundaridze

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