The Court of Appeal in Prague rejected the claim of the lawyers of Miloš Zeman, the former president of the Czech Republic. These are the words of the doctor Jamila Stellikova, who expressed her opinion about the stay in the hospital and said that she could have come there because of the problem of alcohol and its delirium. The court found that he did not need to apologize for his statement.
In October 2021, a doctor who was the minister of human rights from 2007-2009, commenting on Zeman's hospitalization at the time, said that alcoholism caused him to suffer from delirium tremens, that is, delirium associated with alcohol, hallucinations and other things are affected. , disturbed consciousness.
He also mentioned severe brain damage and metabolic disorders caused by alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver.
Court: the doctor proved that the diagnosis was correct
In May, the Prague District Court found that Stelikova proved the truth of her diagnosis. He is a doctor and an expert in psychology, and he was able to assess Zeman's real condition during his hospitalization. The court also found that the president, as a public figure, should take into account that he is under social control. Zeman's quick behavior towards the public and mass media, his statements and rudeness were mentioned. On Thursday, the appeals court upheld the district court's verdict.
In the fall of 2021, Zeman was hospitalized twice. Doctors justified the need for hospital treatment with complications related to diabetes, which he had been suffering from for years. Information about the president's health was scarce and for a long time was released by the president's office, not the medical board.
Miloš Zeman was the president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023.
Czech President Miloš Zeman in autumn 2021 after leaving the hospital Michal Krumphanzl/PAP/CTK.
Main photo credit: Michal Krumphanzl/PAP/CTK.
