Information on the poor health of Ukraine's first president Leonid Kravchuk was exaggerated.

This is reported TSN, referring to the words of Kravchuk himself.

"Information about my poor condition is greatly exaggerated. As expected, every spring in May I go through a general analysis. We went to Theophany - my doctor said that we need to look at the heart. And I was advised that it was better to go to the Heart Institute, where the equipment is available, and the virtuoso doctors. They looked and found in some blood vessels, "- said Kravchuk.

He added that the manipulations that were conducted at the Heart Institute can not be called an operation.

"There was no operation. They special equipment through the artery on the hand go to the heart, removing plaques put stents there. Put - and all, I go. There was no anesthesia, I myself watched, I saw on the screens, how it all happens on the vessels, "- said Kravchuk.

He specified that he was already preparing for an extract from the hospital - this evening or tomorrow morning.

"83 years worked flawlessly, I had no complaints against him, well, now I need to conduct a technical inspection as a car, so to speak," the politician explained..

As reported by the "Observer", one of the Ukrainian publications published information that Leonid Kravchuk was urgently hospitalized in the pre-infarcted state. In addition, according to media reports, the operation of the first president was held at the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

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